ערביים

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ב‎ (ʿ-r-b)

Noun

ערביים / עַרְבַּיִם • (ʿarbáyim) m du

1. twilight, dusk, evening
   • Leviticus 23:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם פֶּסַח לַיהוָה׃‎‎

     Ba-ḥódesh ha-rishón b'-arbaʿá ʿasár la-ḥódesh bein ha-ʿarbáyim pésaḥ lAdonai.

     In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD’S passover.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ta'anit 3:9:

     ‏וְיָצְאוּ וְאָכְלוּ וְשָׁתוּ וְעָשׂוּ יוֹם טוֹב, וּבָאוּ בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם וְקָרְאוּ הַלֵּל הַגָּדוֹל:‎‎

     V-yats'ú v-akhlú v-shatú v-ʿasú yom ṭov, u-vá'u bein ha-ʿarbáyim v-qar'ú hallél hag-gadól.

     And they went out and ate and drank and made a holiday, and came in the evening and read the Great Hallel.

Usage notes

Since Biblical Hebrew, almost exclusively used in the context of the set phrase בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם‎ (bein ha-ʿarbáyim), literally meaning "between the double evenings."