עֲרָבָה
a.ra.vah (H6160L)
plain
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "a.ra.vah" (H6160L) is defined as a "plain." This term is used to describe a geographical feature characterized by a relatively flat or low-lying area, often surrounded by higher elevations. The word is part of the semantic domain of Geography & Place, indicating its primary function is to describe a specific type of location. The word "a.ra.vah" is used 20 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance in the Hebrew narrative. Its range of usage is varied, as it can refer to specific locations such as the "plain of the Jordan" (Genesis 13:10) or more general areas like the "plain of the Philistines" (1 Samuel 28:4). This flexibility in usage highlights the importance of understanding the context in which the word is used to accurately interpret its meaning. The significance of "a.ra.vah" lies in its ability to convey a sense of geography and place, providing a tangible connection to the physical world. By using this word, the biblical authors create a sense of setting and atmosphere, drawing the reader into the narrative and emphasizing the importance of location in shaping the story.
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About forty thousand men, ready and armed for war, passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.
The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness, until word comes from you to inform me.”
Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’ ”
But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.
I will put cedar, acacia, myrtle, and oil trees in the wilderness. I will set cypress trees, pine, and box trees together in the desert;
For Yahweh has comforted Zion. He has comforted all her waste places, and has made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh. Joy and gladness will be found in them, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
They didn’t say, ‘Where is Yahweh who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no man lived?’
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, an uninhabited salt land.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
your mother will be utterly disappointed. She who bore you will be confounded. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Her cities have become a desolation, a dry land, and a desert, a land in which no man dwells. No son of man passes by it.
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.