A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/ערבא - ערבב
I, 3 ע׳ מן spiced (perfmmed) oil; Tosef. Shebi. VI, 8. Cant. R. to IV, 4 ע׳ שקולו because his voice is sweet; a. fr. -- Pl. ערבים, ערבין, ערי׳. Gen. R. s. 50 היו להם ע׳ . . בשעה וכ׳ הלאה גש לו אומרים when he spoke to them words that pleased them, they said, come near &c. Ab. Zar. 35a (ref. to Cant. I, 2) וכ׳ דודיד דברי עלי ע׳ the words of thy friends (the scholars) are sweeter to me than the wine of the Law; a. fr. -- Pem. ערבה, ערי׳. Cant. R. to I, 2 [read;] מה בגופו ע׳ אינה . .. תורה כך בגופו ערבין אינן . . . מים as water does not taste well, if one is not thirsty, so it is with the Law, unless a man wearies himself in studying it, he does not get the taste of it; a. fr. -- Pl. ערבות, ערי׳. Ib. to V, 11 (play on כערב, ib.) עלי הן ע׳ they are pleasing to me.
ערב ch., v. עריב.
ערב III m. (ערב I, 2) bondsman, surety. Cant. R. to I 4 וכ׳ ע׳ לי הבא bring me one to go security, and Ishall lend thee. Ib. הע׳ הלא . כשאין if he has nothing to pay with, who is seized but the surety? Midr. Till. to Ps. VIII (ref. to Prov. VI, 1) לא נתמנית שלא עד . . . שהזקן בשעה וכ׳ על כ׳ היית when a man is appointed an elder, the Lord says to lhimm, before thou wast appointed, tmhou wast noth responsible for the community, now that thou hast been appointed &c. B. Bath. X, 7 יפרע לא ע׳ ידי על . . המלוה הע׳ מן he who loans money to his neighbor through a surety, cannot collect from the surety (before having sued the debtor). Ib. 8 וכ׳ חייב שהוא ע׳ איזהו what guarantor is responsible ? He who says, lend him, and I shall pay thee' (i. e. who guaranteed before the loan was consum- mated); a. fr. -- Pl. ערביס, ערבין, ערי׳. Cant. R. l. c. בשעה וכ׳ טובים ע׳ לי הביאו . . שעמדו when the Israelites were standing before mount Sinai to receive the Law, the Lord said ... bring me good sureties (to vouch for you) that you will guard it; ib. ע׳ צריכין אביתיכם your ancestors need sureties themselves; ib. ע׳וכ׳ ודאי הא these (your children) are certainly good sureties, and on their account I will give you the Law; Midr. Till. l. c. Ib. אבותיכם על אתם ע׳ וכ׳ שאם will you vouch for your fathers, so that you be seized, if they do not observe the Law? Ib. זה ע׳ שהיו לזה they made themselves responsible for one another. Snh. 27b bot. (ref. to Lev. XXVI, 37) ע׳ ישראל שכל מלמד בזה זה Ms. M. (ed. שכולן) this intimates that all Israelites are responsible for one another (bound to prevent wrong- doing); Shebu. 39a bot.; a. fr.
ערב, v. עויכ.
ערב m. (b. h.; ערב II) 1) sunset, evening. Ber. I, 3, sq. בג׳ in the eveningt(at prayer); a. v. fr. -- Trnsf. decline. Gen. R. s. 50 ססדום של ערבה בא בעדב ba ereb (Gen. XIX, 1), the evening of Sodom has come. Esth. R. introd. ערבה יתן מי, v. בקר; a. fr. - 2) cntrance, the day preceding a certain dtay, the year preceding a certain period, eve. Sabb. II, 7 שבת ע׳ (abbrev. שaע) on rriday. Pes. 99b הפסח ע׳ the eve of tthe Passover. Taan.)V, 7 באב תשעה עע the day preceding the ninth of Ab. Shebi. I, 1 שביעית ע׳ the year preceding the Sabbatical year; a. v. fr. - Ilu. ערבים. Ber. 26b, a. fr. בין הע thhe time between the beginning of the decline of the sun and sunset (v. מנחה), afternoon. -- Pl. ערבים, constr. ערבי. Ber. 12a, v. ערב.l. [ערבין, v. ערבית.]- Pes. X,1פסחי ערבי (Bab. ed. 99b ערב, Ms. M. ערבי). Ib. 99b וימים שבתות כ׳ טובים the eves of Sabbaths and Festivals; a. v. fr.
ערב I ch. (b. h.) 1) pr. n. m. Arab, son of Ishmael. Targ. Y. Gen. XXV, 13 (h. text קדר). -- 2) Arabia. Targ. Jer. XXV, 24.
ערב II pr. n. pl. Arab, near Sepphoris in Upper Galilee (v. Neub. Geogr. p. 204). Sabb. XVI, . Y. ib. XVI, end, 15d וכ׳ ע׳ בהדא יתיב . . . שמונה (not יהיב) eighteen years he (R. Joh. ben Zaccai) dwelled in that lace Arab, and only those two cases came before him. Y. Taan. IV, 67c bot. Tosef. B. Kam. VI, 22; Y. ib. VI, 5a.
ערב m. (b. h.; ערב I) 1) woof, opp. שתי warp. Kel. I, 5 ע׳ חוט a thread of the woof (thicker than that of the warp). Nidd. 25b ע׳ כשל as thick as a thread of the woof; a. fr. -- Trnsf. the latitudinal direction, opp. to שתי longitudinal direction. Sabb. 85b זורען שתי זרועין היו אם ע׳ if the beds (in a square) were planted lengthwise, he must plant (on the interspaces) crosswise. Hull. 109b קורעו וע׳ שתי he tears it (the udder) lengthwise and crosswise. Y. Ter. III, 42a bot. וע׳ שתי בהן משהילכו as soon as they trod on them (the grapes) once lengthwise and cross- wise; a. fr. - [In later Hebrew וע׳ שתי cross, emblem of Christianity.]-- 2) mixture; רב ע׳ (== ערברב) maixed mud- titude. Tanh. Ki Thissa 30. Bets. 32b וכ׳ רב מע׳ הני they are descendants of the mixed multitude (that came from Egypt); a. e., v. עירברבין.
ערבא I, ער׳ מר׳ ער׳, עי׳ ch. same, woof. Targ. v ;a . Lev. XIII, 48, sq. (O. ed. Berl. עיר׳). - Ab. Zar. 17b דשתיא הי ׳gד והי which coil is for the warp, and which for the woof?; a. e.
ערבא II m. =h. ערב III, bondsman, surety. B. Bath. p7 b ולי ע׳ בתר they (the Persian courts) go for the surety (without suing the debtor at all). Ib. 174a דיתמי כ׳ a bondsman for heirs, i. e. one who had gone security for the decedent. Sot. 37b בינייהו איכא דע׳ וע׳ ע׳ the difference between the two ominions ies in the question whether each bondsman (for the entire people at the covenant of Sinai) was also a bondsman for the bondsman, i. e. re- sponsible for those failing to prevent wrongdoing. Gitt. 28b (proverbial expression) צריך ע׳ ערביך thy bondsman requires a bondsman, i. e. he on whom you rely for vigil- ance might be neglectful himself; Succ. 26a צריך ע׳ ערבדך thy watchman might likewise fall asleep. Sabb. 140b ואנא ע׳ and I vouch for it; a. fr.
ערבא, (ערבא III) t.= h. ערבה, willow.-Pl. ערבין. (ערב׳). Targ. Lev. XXIII, 40. Targ. Job XL, 22. - V. רבתאa.
ערבא raven, v. עורבא.
ערבאה, ערבאי, v. גרבי ch.
ערבב, עי׳ (reduplic. of ערב I) to mix up, confound, disturb. Y. R. Hash. III, end 59a המזלות את עי׳ he (Moses) confounded the order of the planets. Cant. R. to I, 9 היו אותם מערבבין they (the lightnings) confused their ranks; ib.; Mekh. B'shall. s. 5 ערבבן המממן, v. המם. Tanh. Vaera 5 (ref. to יהולל, Koh. VII, 7) אותו מערבבין, v. עסק. Lev. R. 140 t