STRONGS NUMBER H693

H693. arab

אָרַב‎ verb lie in wait (Arabic be crafty) —

Qal Perfect וְאָרַב‎ consecutive Deuteronomy 19:11; Judges 21:20; אָרָֽבְתִּי׃‎ Job 31:9; אָֽרְבוּ‎ Psalm 59:4; Lamentations 4:19; Imperfect יֶאֱרֹב‎ Psalm 10:9 (twice in verse); יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ‎ Proverbs 1:18; Micah 7:2; אֶרְבוּ וָיֶּ‎ Judges 9:34; 16:2; נֶָֽאֶרְבָה‎ Proverbs 1:11; Imperative אֱרֹב‎ Judges 9:32; Infinitive אֱרָבֿ‎ Proverbs 12:6; Participle אֹרֵב‎ Joshua 8:2 11t.; אוֺרֵב‎ 8:12 4t.; אֹרְבִים‎ 8:4 2t; — lie in wait (with hostile purpose), absolute Judges 9:32, 43 + 21:20; Job 31:9; Psalm 10:9; Proverbs 7:12; 23:28; 1 Samuel 22:8, 13; Lamentations 3:10 (of bear, compare Psalm 10:9); with infinitive of purpose 10:9; with accusative ׳א דָּם‎ Proverbs 12:6; with עַל‎, and person against whom Deuteronomy 19:11; Judges 9:34; usually with ל‎ Micah 7:2; Judges 16:2; Psalm 59:4; Proverbs 1:11, 18; 24:15; Lamentations 4:19 compare Joshua 8:2, 4, 14; Participle as substantive = liers-in-wait (plural) Judges 20:29; usually singular collective ambush Joshua 8:2, 12, 14, 19, 21; Judges 16:9, 12; 20:33, 36, 37 (twice in verse); 20:38; Ezra 8:31; plural of this singular = ambuscades Jeremiah 51:12; singular = place of lying-in-wait, ambush (local sense) Joshua 8:7.

Pi`el Participle plural liers-in-wait id quod

Qal Participle מְאָֽרְבִים‎ Judges 9:25 (with ל‎), 2 Chronicles 20:22 (with עַל‎). ?

Hiph`il Imperfect בנחל זַיָּרֶב‎ (for וַיַּאֲרֶב‎) 1 Samuel 15:5 (compare Dr Kö^{i. 390}; Ges-Kau^{§ 68. 2 queries}) but text dubious; compare Ol^{§ 237 b, &} Klo, who proposes בנחל ויעבר‎.