עֶרֶב

1. a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps ׳לְעֵת ע at the time of sunset 1 Mos 8,11 (J), 1 Mos 24,11 (J; || לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת), 2 Sam 11,2; Es 17,14 and (of the day of ׳י) Zak 14,7, ׳עֵת הָע Jos 8,29 (JE) ; usually ׳ע alone = time of sunset, evening: ׳בָּע in the evening 1 Mos 19,1 (J), 1 Mos 29,23 (E), 2 Mos 12,18 (P), 5 Mos 16,6 (+ שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבוֺא), 1 Kong 22,35 (compare || 2 Kron 18,34 where + לְעֵת בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ) + 20 t. + ׳בָּע(ֿ)בָּע 2 Kron 13,11 (twice in verse) = every evening; ׳לָע at evening only late: 1 Kron 16,40; 1 Kron 23,30; 2 Kron 2,3; Ezr 3,3; Sl 59,7; Sl 59,15; Sl 90,6; Praed 11,6 ; ׳לִפְנוֺת ע at the turn of evening 1 Mos 24,63 (J), 5 Mos 23,12 ׳ע as adverb accusative 2 Mos 16,6 (P), Sl 55,18 as marking duration of impurity, in phrase ׳עַדהָֿע 3 Mos 11,24 + 30 t. P + 3 Mos 22,6 (H); of Day of Atonement ׳מֵע ׳עַדעֿ 3 Mos 23,32 (P).
\ \ b. dual in phrase (only P) בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise Di^{2 Mos 12,6}; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges^{«GKC:88c»§ 88c}), 2 Mos 12,6; 2 Mos 16,12; 2 Mos 29,39; 2 Mos 29,41; 2 Mos 30,8; 3 Mos 23,5; 4 Mos 9,3; 4 Mos 9,5; 4 Mos 9,11; 4 Mos 28,4; 4 Mos 28,8 .
\ \ c. other phrases are: ׳צִלְלֵי ע Jer 6,4 (distinguished from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה vJer 6,5), ׳מִנְחַה (הָ)ע 2 Kong 16,15; Ezr 9,4; Ezr 9,5; Sl 141,2; Dan 9,21 ; ׳זְאֵבֵי ע see I. זְאֵב; for all combinations with בֹּקֶר morning, see ׳ב

1 d, e. 2. (late poetry) = night, עָ֑רֶב Job 7,4 compare בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֺם Ord 7,9 (|| בְּאִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וִאֲפֵלָה).