מַעֲרָב

maʿărāb̲
Hebrew · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-25
Meanings
Literal translation
setting-place
Categories
cardinal direction
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. west

1.a 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;’

— Isaiah 43 5

Genre: religious text

Cite this entry
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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2574,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {מַעֲרָב ({Lemma} #2574)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2574/},
}