עֶרֶב Raven
Every verse in which this word stands — 10 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The orev — first bird out of the Teivah, Eliyahu's provisioners at the brook Kerit. The same letters write 'evening' and other words under their own entries; only the raven is counted here.
וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת־הָֽעֹרֵב וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב עַד־יְבֹשֶׁת הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָֽרֶץ
And he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
אֵת כָּל־עֹרֵב לְמִינֽוֹ
every raven after its kinds;
וְאֵת כָּל־עֹרֵב לְמִינֽוֹ
and every raven after its kinds;
וְהָיָה מֵהַנַּחַל תִּשְׁתֶּה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִים צִוִּיתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ שָֽׁם
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.’
וְהָעֹרְבִים מְבִיאִים לוֹ לֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בַּבֹּקֶר וְלֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בָּעָרֶב וּמִן־הַנַּחַל יִשְׁתֶּֽה
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
וִירֵשׁוּהָ קָאַת וְקִפּוֹד וְיַנְשׁוֹף וְעֹרֵב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָהּ וְנָטָה עָלֶיהָ קַֽו־תֹהוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹֽהוּ
But the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, And the owl and the raven shall dwell therein; And He shall stretch over it The line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.
נוֹתֵן לִבְהֵמָה לַחְמָהּ לִבְנֵי עֹרֵב אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָֽאוּ
He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.
עַיִן תִּֽלְעַג לְאָב וְתָבוּז לִֽיקֲּהַת־אֵם יִקְּרוּהָ עֹרְבֵי־נַחַל וְֽיֹאכְלוּהָ בְנֵי־נָֽשֶׁר
The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young vultures shall eat it.
מִי יָכִין לָעֹרֵב צֵידוֹ כִּֽי־ילדו אֶל־אֵל יְשַׁוֵּעוּ יִתְעוּ לִבְלִי־אֹֽכֶל
Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?
רֹאשׁוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז קְוּצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב
His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are curled, And black as a raven.
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Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for raven?
Raven in Hebrew is ערב, with a gematria of 272 in the standard method.
How many times is the raven mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 10 times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 8:7.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters ערב stand 49 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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