〈מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ〉 məb̲ôʾ haššemeš ‘west’
〈יָם〉 yām ‘west’
〈אָחוֹר〉 ʾāḥôr ‘west’
〈occidens〉 ‘west’
〈ŠU₂〉 rabû ‘west’
〈ᵈUTU.ŠU₂.A〉 ereb Šamši ‘west’
〈MAR〉 amurru ‘west’
מַעֲרָב
maʿărāb̲
Hebrew noun
Last edited: 2024-11-25| Primary meaning | west |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | setting-place |
| Variants | מַעֲרָב maʿărāb̲ |
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west cardinal direction
אַל־תִּירָ֖א כִּ֣י אִתְּךָ־אָ֑נִי מִמִּזְרָח֙ אָבִ֣יא זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֖ב אֲקַבְּצֶֽךָּ׃
ʾal-tîrāʾ kî ʾittək̲ā-ʾānî mimmizrāḥ ʾāb̲îʾ zarʿek̲ā ûmimmaʿărāb̲ ʾăqabbəṣekkā.
‘Fear not, for I am with you: I will bring your folk from the East, Will gather you out of the West;’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). מַעֲרָב (Lemma #2574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). מַעֲרָב (Lemma #2574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). מַעֲרָב (Lemma #2574). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) מַעֲרָב (Lemma #2574), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2574,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {מַעֲרָב ({Lemma} #2574)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/},
}