אָרַב
a.rav
“to ambush”
Definition
to lurk
a primitive root;
- to lie in wait, ambush, lurk 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lie in wait 1a2) ambush (participle as subst) 1b) (Piel) ambushers, liers-in-wait (pl. participle) 1c) (Hiphil) to lay an ambush
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
אָרַב appears 38 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
He is a bear lying in wait,a lion hiding in ambush.
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