1. raven — The common raven (Corvus corax), an unclean bird listed among prohibited species (Lev 11:15, Deut 14:14). Used of Noah's raven sent from the ark (Gen 8:7), of God's provision to ravens (Job 38:41, Ps 147:9), of Elijah fed by ravens (1 Kgs 17:4,6), of the raven's blackness as a simile for the beloved's hair (Song 5:11), and of ravens inhabiting desolate ruins (Isa 34:11). Also in Prov 30:17 for ravens that pluck out eyes. All languages uniformly translate as 'raven': Arabic غُرَاب, German Rabe, French corbeau, Hindi कौवा, Korean 까마귀, Spanish cuervo. No semantic differentiation exists between the auto-clusters; the splits are purely morphological (article, preposition, conjunction, construct, plural forms of the same noun). 10×
AR["ال-غِرْبان","الْ-غُرَابَ","غُرَابٍ","غِرْبانُ-","كَ-عُورِيب","لِلْغُرَابِ","وَ-ال-غِرْبان","وَ-الْغُرَابُ"]·ben["-কাকের-জন্য","-কাকের-মতো।","এবং-কাকেরা","ও-কাক","কাক","কাকদেরকে","কাকেরা-","দাঁড়কাকের","প্রজাতি-অনুসারে","সেই-কাক"]·DE["[וערב]","[כעורב]","[לערב]","[ערבי]","den-Raben","der-ravens","raven","und-der-ravens"]·EN["and-raven","and-the-ravens","as-the-raven","for-the-raven","raven","ravens-of","the-raven","the-ravens"]·FR["[וערב]","comme-le-corbeau.","corbeau","et-le-ravens","le-corbeau","le-ravens","soir"]·heb["ה-עורבים","ה-ערב","ו-ה-עורבים","ו-עורב","כ-עורב","ל-עורב","עורב","עורבי-","ערב"]·HI["और-कौआ","और-कौआ-ה","कौआओं-ה","कौए-के-लिए","कौवा","कौवा-को","कौवे-","कौवे-के","कौवे-के-समान"]·ID["burung-burung-gagak","burung-gagak","dan-burung-burung-gagak","dan-burung-gagak","gagak","seperti-gagak","untuk-burung gagak"]·IT["[וערב]","al-per-il-raven","come-il-as-il-raven","e-il-corvi","il-corvi","il-raven","raven","ravens-di","sera"]·jav["gagak","ing-manuk-gagak","kados-manuk-gagak","kanggé-gagak","lan-gagak","lan-manuk-gagak","manuk-gagak","manuk-gagak-saking"]·KO["그-까마귀","그-까마귀들","그리고-까마귀가","그리고-까마귀들이","까마귀-같네","까마귀-에게","까마귀들이","까마귀를","까마귀의"]·PT["como-o-corvo","corvo","corvos-de-","dos-corvos","e-corvo","o-corvo","os-corvos","para-o-corvo","¶ E-os-corvos"]·RU["ворона","воронам","вороны-","для-ворона","и-ворон","и-вороны","как-ворон."]·ES["Y-los-cuervos","como-el-cuervo","cuervo","cuervos-de-","el-cuervo","los-cuervos","para-el-cuervo","y-el-cuervo"]·SW["kama-kunguru","kunguru","kunguru-wa","kwa-kunguru","na-kunguru"]·TR["-kargayı","karga","karga-gibi","kargalara","kuzgun","kuzgun-için","kuzgunları-","kuzgunun","ve-kargalar","ve-kuzgun"]·urd["اور-کوا","اور-کووے","کوے","کوے کے لیے","کوے-اُس","کوے-کی-طرح","کوے-کے","ہ-کووں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֹרֵב n.m. Lv 11:15 raven;—ע׳ Is 34:11; הָע׳ Gn 8:7 Lv 11:15; Dt 14:14; Jb 38:41; כָּעוֹרֵב Ct 5:11 black as the raven; בְּנֵי עֹרֵב ψ 147:9, young ravens; pl. abs. הָעֹרְבִים 1 K 17:4, 6; cstr. עֹרְבֵי־נַחַל Pr 30:17.