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Deuteronomy 3:17
“The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth–pisgah eastward.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֲרָבָהʻărâbâh · ar-aw-baw'
H6160 · Hebrew
H6160 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea
- Derivation
- from H6150 (עָרַב) (in the sense of sterility);
- KJV renderings
- Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. See also H1026 (בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָֽ — particle (definite article)
- עֲרָבָ֖ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 61 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 22:1Numbers 26:3Numbers 26:63Numbers 31:12Numbers 33:48
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֲרָבָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.