ערבה

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Arabic عَرَبَة (ʕaraba, “strong river”) and perhaps to عَرَب (ʕarab, “Arabs”).

Noun

עֲרָבָה • ('aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת)

1. steppe, plain
2. (Biblical Hebrew) desert

Proper noun

הָעֲרָבָה • (ha'aravá) f

1. the Arabah desert

Noun

עֲרָבָה • ('aravá) f (plural indefinite עֲרָבוֹת or עֲרָבִים)

1. willow (tree)
   • Tanach, Leviticus 23:40:

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     וּלְקַחְתֶּם לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן פְּרִי עֵץ הָדָר כַּפֹּת תְּמָרִים וַעֲנַף עֵץ־עָבֹת וְעַרְבֵי־נָחַל וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים׃

     ul'kakhtém lakhém bayóm harishón p'rí 'éts hadár kapót t'marím va'anáf 'ets-'avót v'arv'ei-nákhal us'makhtém lif'néi YHVH 'eloheikhém shiv'át yamím.
     ūləqaḥtem lāḵem bayyōm hārīšōn pərī ʿēṣ hāḏār kappōṯ təmārīm waʿănap̄ ʿēṣ-ʿāḇōṯ wəʿarəḇē-nā́ḥal ūśəmaḥtem lip̄ənē YHWH ʾĕlōhēḵem šiḇʿaṯ yāmīm.

     And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook, and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

   • Tanach, Psalms 137:2:

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     • עַל־עֲרָבִים בְּתוֹכָהּ תָּלִינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵינוּ׃

       'Al 'aravim b'tokhah talinu kinorotenu.

       Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

Anagrams

• עברה