H0694 H0694
Arab, a place name; city in Judah's hill country near Hebron (Josh 15:52)
Arab appears in Joshua's allotment of Judahite hill country cities, near Hebron. The name may relate to desert or steppe regions. Ancient traditions located it at Heromith in the Daroma. Though sharing a name with the ethnic group, this is a distinct geographical designation. The site represents one of many settlements securing Judah's heartland in the tribal inheritance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Joshua 15:52 includes Arab in Judah's cities: 'Arab, Dumah, Eshan...' positioned in the hill country near Hebron. The multilingual transliteration (English 'Arav', Spanish 'Arab', French 'Arav', German 'Arav') preserves the place name. Minor spelling variations reflect efforts to distinguish the town from the ethnic term 'Arab,' but the context clearly identifies a specific settlement within Judah's tribal territory, fulfilling the land promise at a granular level. 1×
AR["أَرابُ"]·ben["আরাব"]·DE["Arav"]·EN["Arav"]·FR["Arav"]·heb["ארב"]·HI["अराब"]·ID["Arab"]·IT["Arav"]·jav["Arab"]·KO["아라브"]·PT["Arav"]·RU["Арав"]·ES["Arab"]·SW["Arabu"]·TR["Arav"]·urd["اراب"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲרָב n.pr.loc. city near Hebron Jos 15:52 (𝔊 Ἐρεμ, 𝔊L Ἐρεβ; according to Onomast. Ἐρεμινθα LagOn. 254, 2nd ed. 260 Ereb Id.119, 2nd ed. 152, a village Heromith in Daroma; cf. Di Surveyiii.311).