BDB709 [H693]

אָרַב verb lie in wait (Arabic be crafty) —

Qal Perfect וְאָרַב consecutive Deut 19:11; Judg 21:20 אָרָֽבְתִּי׃ Job 31:9 אָֽרְבוּ Ps 59:4; Lam 4:19 Imperfect יֶאֱרֹב Ps 10:9 (twice in verse); יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ Prov 1:18; Mic 7:2 וָיֶּ˜ אֶרְבוּ Judg 9:34; Judg 16:2 נֶָֽאֶרְבָה Prov 1:11 Imperative אֱרֹב Judg 9:32 Infinitive אֱרָבֿ Prov 12:6 Participle אֹרֵב Josh 8:2 + 11 t.; אוֺרֵב Josh 8:12 + 4 t.; אֹרְבִים Josh 8:4 + 2 t; — lie in wait (with hostile purpose), absolute Judg 9:32; Judg 9:43 + Judg 21:20; Job 31:9; Ps 10:9; Prov 7:12; Prov 23:28; 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:13; Lam 3:10 (of bear, compare Ps 10:9); with infinitive of purpose Ps 10:9 with accusative דָּם ׳א Prov 12:6 with עַל, and person against whom Deut 19:11; Judg 9:34 usually with ל Mic 7:2; Judg 16:2; Ps 59:4; Prov 1:11; Prov 1:18; Prov 24:15; Lam 4:19 compare Josh 8:2; Josh 8:4; Josh 8:14 Participle as substantive = liers-in-wait (plural) Judg 20:29 usually singular collective ambush Josh 8:2; Josh 8:12; Josh 8:14; Josh 8:19; Josh 8:21; Judg 16:9; Judg 16:12; Judg 20:33; Judg 20:36; Judg 20:37 (twice in verse); Judg 20:38; Ezra 8:31 plural of this singular = ambuscades Jer 51:12 singular = place of lying-in-wait, ambush (local sense) Josh 8:7. Pi`el Participle plural liers-in-wait id quod Qal Participle מְאָֽרְבִים Judg 9:25 (with ל), 2Chr 20:22 (with עַל). ? Hiph`il Imperfect זַיָּרֶב בנחל (for וַיַּאֲרֶב) 1Sam 15:5 (compare Dr i. 390; Ges-Kau§ 68. 2 queries) but text dubious; compare Ol§ 237 b, & Klo, who proposes ויעבר בנחל.


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