The meaning of “עֲרָבָה”
Understanding ʻărâbâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה. - a desert - especially (with t...
עֲרָבָה
Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה. - a desert - especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea 1) desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 33:48 | “And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.” Word: עֲרָבָה (ʻărâbâh) | |
| Joshua 11:16 | “So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;” Word: עֲרָבָה (ʻărâbâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 15:28 | “See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.” Word: עֲרָבָה (ʻărâbâh) | |
| Job 39:6 | “Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.” Word: עֲרָבָה (ʻărâbâh) | |
| Isaiah 40:3 | “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Word: עֲרָבָה (ʻărâbâh) |
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