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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - עָרַב

עָרַב

H6148

Transliteration: ʻârab

Pronunciation: aw-rab'

Definition: engage


Original: ערב

Transliteration: ‛ârab

Phonetic: aw-rab'

BDB Definition:

  1. to pledge, exchange, mortgage, engage, occupy, undertake for, give pledges, be or become surety, take on pledge, give in pledge
    1. (Qal)
      1. to take on pledge, go surety for
      2. to give in pledge
      3. to exchange
      4. to pledge
    2. (Hithpael)
      1. to exchange pledges
      2. to have fellowship with, share

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1686

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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