מערב

See also: מערבֿ

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ע־ר־ב (ʿ-r-b)
15 terms

Noun of place from עֶרֶב (érev, “evening”) or עָרַב (aráv, “to set”). Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib)

Pronunciation

• (reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /maʁˈraːb/ → /maʕˈraːb/
• (Tiberian) IPA^(key): /ma.ʕăˈrɔːv/
• (Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /ma(ʔ)aˈʁav/

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  • Homophone: מַאֲרָב (ma'aráv, “an ambush”)

Noun

מַעֲרָב • (ma'aráv) m (singular construct מַעֲרַב־) [pattern: מַקְטָל]

1. west

Declension

Declension of מַעֲרָב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	מַעֲרָב	first	מַעֲרָבִי		מַעֲרָבֵנוּ
	definite	הַמַּעֲרָב	second	מַעֲרָבְךָ	מַעֲרָבֵךְ	מַעֲרַבְכֶם	מַעֲרַבְכֶן
	construct	מַעֲרַב־	third	מַעֲרָבוֹ	מַעֲרָבָהּ	מַעֲרָבָם	מַעֲרָבָן

Synonyms

• יָם (yám) (archaic)

Antonyms

• (compass point) קֶדֶם (kédem) (archaic)

Coordinate terms

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	צָפוֹן (tsafón)
מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv)		מִזְרָח (mizrakh)
	דָּרוֹם (daróm)

Derived terms

• מַעֲרָבוֹן (ma'arávon)

Proper noun

המערב • (hama'aráv)

1. The West, the Western world.

Etymology 2

Adjective

מְעֹרָב • (m'oráv)

1. defective spelling of מעורב

References

• H4628 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “מערב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "מערב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מערב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• מעבר

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מערב.

Noun

מערב m (Latin spelling maaráv)

1. west

Yiddish

Noun

מערב • (mayrev)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of מערבֿ (mayrev).