מערב
See also: מערבֿ
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Noun of place from עֶרֶב (érev, “evening”) or עָרַב (aráv, “to set”). Compare Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib)
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /maʕˈraːb/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ma.ʕăˈrɔːv/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ma(ʔ)aˈʁav/
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Noun
מַעֲרָב • (ma'aráv) m (singular construct מַעֲרַב־) [pattern: מַקְטָל]
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | מַעֲרָב | first | מַעֲרָבִי | מַעֲרָבֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַמַּעֲרָב | second | מַעֲרָבְךָ | מַעֲרָבֵךְ | מַעֲרַבְכֶם | מַעֲרַבְכֶן | |
| construct | מַעֲרַב־ | third | מַעֲרָבוֹ | מַעֲרָבָהּ | מַעֲרָבָם | מַעֲרָבָן | |
Synonyms
- יָם (yám) (archaic)
Antonyms
- (compass point) קֶדֶם (kédem) (archaic)
Coordinate terms
compass points: [edit]
| צָפוֹן (tsafón) | ||
| מַעֲרָב (ma'aráv) | מִזְרָח (mizrakh) | |
| דָּרוֹם (daróm) |
Derived terms
- מַעֲרָבוֹן (ma'arávon)
Proper noun
המערב • (hama'aráv)
- The West, the Western world.
Etymology 2
Adjective
מְעֹרָב • (m'oráv)
- defective spelling of מעורב
References
- H4628 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “מערב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "מערב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- מערב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
Ladino
Etymology
Noun
מערב m (Latin spelling maaráv)
Yiddish
Noun
מערב • (mayrev)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of מערבֿ (mayrev).