Lexical Summary arab: to take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange Original Word: עָרַבTransliteration: arab Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange Meaning: to braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security Strong's Concordance engage, intermeddle with, mingle self, mortgage, occupy, give pledges,A primitive root; to braid, i.e. Intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange) -- engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6148. arab II. עָרַב verb take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange (Late Hebrew go surety for (rare); Phoenician ערב surety; Old Aramaic ערבא pledge; עֲרַב ᵑ7, Syriac , go surety for; usually identified with I. ערב — mix, exchange, pledge — but quite uncertain; compare BuhlLex LagBN 203); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ע Genesis 44:32 4t.; 2 masculine singular עָרַבְתָּ Proverbs 6:1; Imperfect1singular suffix אֶעֶרְבֶנּוּ Genesis 43:9; Imperative עֲרֹב Psalm 119:122, suffix עָרְבֵנִי Isaiah 38:14, so Job 17:3 (but see below); Infinitive construct לַעֲרֹב Ezekiel 27:9; Participle עֹרֵב Proverbs 17:18, etc.; — 1 with accusative of person taken on pledge, i.e. go surety for the safety of, Genesis 43:9 (J), 44:32 (J; + מֵעִם person); for the debts of Proverbs 11:15; 20:16; 27:13; of God Isaiah 38:14 go surety for me, Psalm 119:122, so Job 17:3 (si vera lectio, see עֵרָבוֺן); accusative of person omitted, ׳ע לְ Proverbs 6:1 go surety to one (in behalf of another, "" כַּמֶּ֑יךָ לַזָּר תָּקַע); with accusative of thing 22:26 ("" תֹּקְעֵיכָֿ֑ף). 2 give in pledge, with accusative of thing Nehemiah 5:3 (i.e. mortagage), figurative ׳ע אֶתלִֿבּוֺ Jeremiah 30:21 so ׳ע רֵעֵהוּ לִפְנֵי עֲרֻבָּה Proverbs 17:18 ("" כָּ֑ף תֹּקֵעַ). 3 exchange (in trade), with accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָעֲרָבֵךְ Ezekiel 27:9, 27. Hithpa`el 1. reciprocal: Imperative אֶתאֲֿדֹנִי נָא הִתְעָ֫רֶב 2 Kings 18:23 exchange pledges (make a bargain) with my lord = Isaiah 36:8. 2. a. have fellowship with, בְּ person, Perfect3plural הִתְעָֽרְבוּ Ezra 9:2; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיִּתְעָֽרְבוּ Psalm 106:35; 2masculine singular תִּתְעָרָ֑ב with לְ person Proverbs 20:19, with עִם person 24:21. b. share in, בְּ of thing, 3 masculine singular יִתְעָרַב Proverbs 14:10 in his joy no other shares.. |
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