H3993Noun, masculine5 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Joshua 8:9הַמַּאְרָב
So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
- Judges 9:35הַמַּאְרָב
Now Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the city gate just as Abimelech and his men came out from their hiding places.
- 2 Chronicles 13:13הַמַּאְרָב
Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.
- Psalm 10:8בְּמַאְרַב
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.