"ארב" meaning in Hebrew

See ארב in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Head templates: {{he-verb|pa|tr=aráv|wv=אָרַב}} אָרַב • (aráv) (pa'al construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pa|ארב|noun=-|pp=-}} Forms: אָרַב [canonical], aráv [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], לארוב [error-unrecognized-form], לֶאֱרֹב [error-unrecognized-form], - [noun-from-verb], - [participle, passive], אָרַבְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], אָרַבְנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], אָרַבְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], אָרַבְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], אֲרַבְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], אֲרַבְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], אָרַב [masculine, past, singular, third-person], אָרְבָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], אָרְבוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], אוֹרֵב [masculine, present, singular], אוֹרֶבֶת [feminine, present, singular], אוֹרְבִים [masculine, plural, present], אוֹרְבוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אארוב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], אֶאֱרֹב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נארוב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], נֶאֱרֹב [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תארוב [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תֶּאֱרֹב [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תֶּאֶרְבִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תֶּאֶרְבוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תארובנה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יארוב [future, masculine, singular, third-person], יֶאֱרֹב [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תארוב [feminine, future, singular, third-person], תֶּאֱרֹב [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יֶאֶרְבוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תארובנה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], ארוב [imperative, masculine, singular], אֱרֹב [imperative, masculine, singular], אִרְבִי [feminine, imperative, singular], אִרְבוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], ארובנה [feminine, imperative, plural], אֱרֹבְנָה [feminine, imperative, plural], אַל + Second person future tense [imperative, negative]
  1. to lie in wait Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-ארב-he-verb-cquRelgJ Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ר־ב, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 37 29 33 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ר־ב: 39 30 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 30 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 22 22
  2. to ambush Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-ארב-he-verb-dk7SxmEW Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 37 29 33
  3. to lurk Tags: construction-pa'al
    Sense id: en-ארב-he-verb-PTFWI4kw Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 37 29 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: מַאֲרָב (ma'aráv)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "אָרַב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aráv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲרַבְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲרַבְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרְבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרֵב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרֶבֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרְבִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרְבוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֶרְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֶרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יֶאֶרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִרְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "tr": "aráv",
        "wv": "אָרַב"
      },
      "expansion": "אָרַב • (aráv) (pa'al construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ארב",
        "noun": "-",
        "pp": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ma'aráv",
      "word": "מַאֲרָב"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ר־ב",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 30 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lie in wait"
      ],
      "id": "en-ארב-he-verb-cquRelgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lie in wait",
          "lie in wait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ambush"
      ],
      "id": "en-ארב-he-verb-dk7SxmEW",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambush",
          "ambush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 32 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 29 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lurk"
      ],
      "id": "en-ארב-he-verb-PTFWI4kw",
      "links": [
        [
          "lurk",
          "lurk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ארב"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew pa'al verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־ר־ב",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "אָרַב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aráv",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "לֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַבְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲרַבְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲרַבְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרַב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרְבָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אָרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרֵב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרֶבֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרְבִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אוֹרְבוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֶרְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֶרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יֶאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יֶאֶרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תֶּאֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ארוב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֱרֹב",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִרְבִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אִרְבוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ארובנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֱרֹבְנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אַל + Second person future tense",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "tr": "aráv",
        "wv": "אָרַב"
      },
      "expansion": "אָרַב • (aráv) (pa'al construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "ארב",
        "noun": "-",
        "pp": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "ma'aráv",
      "word": "מַאֲרָב"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lie in wait"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie in wait",
          "lie in wait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to ambush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ambush",
          "ambush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to lurk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lurk",
          "lurk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pa'al"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ארב"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'to-infinitive'",
  "path": [
    "ארב"
  ],
  "section": "Hebrew",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ארב",
  "trace": ""
}

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