Word Study · Strong's H3993 · Hebrew
מַאֲרָב
maarab
mah-ar-awb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: maʼărâb
“an ambuscade”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an ambuscade
Rendered in the KJV as
lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַמַּאְרָ֔ב2
- בְּמַאְרַ֬ב1
- הַמַּאְרָֽב׃1
- וְהַמַּאְרָ֖ב1
How it is rendered · 3
- the ambush3
- and the ambush1
- in an ambush of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 13:13הַמַּאְרָ֔בhama'ravthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.here: the ambush
- 2 Chronicles 13:13וְהַמַּאְרָ֖בvehama'ravconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.here: and the ambush