עָרָב
arav · willow
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6155 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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arav (עָרָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “willow”.
A tree that grows by the water.
How to say it
a·rav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A tree with drooping branches by the water.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 23:40
And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim seven days.
- Job 40:22
The lotus plants cover it for its shade; the willows of the stream surround it.
- Psalms 137:2
On the willows in its midst we hung our lyres.
- Isaiah 15:7
Therefore the surplus they have made and their stores over the brook of the Willows they carry away.
- Isaiah 44:4
And they will spring up among the grass, like willows by streams of water.