Places

עֲרָב Arabia

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 272×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A country East of Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 21:13 and last at 2 Chronicles 9:14.

Isaiah 21:13ישעיהו כא:יג

מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ אֹֽרְחוֹת דְּדָנִֽים

The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

Isaiah 21:13ישעיהו כא:יג

מַשָּׂא בַּעְרָב בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב תָּלִינוּ אֹֽרְחוֹת דְּדָנִֽים

The burden upon Arabia. In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.

Jeremiah 25:24ירמיהו כה:כד

וְאֵת כָּל־מַלְכֵי עֲרָב וְאֵת כָּל־מַלְכֵי הָעֶרֶב הַשֹּׁכְנִים בַּמִּדְבָּֽר

and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the wilderness;

Ezekiel 27:21יחזקאל כז:כא

עֲרַב וְכָל־נְשִׂיאֵי קֵדָר הֵמָּה סֹחֲרֵי יָדֵךְ בְּכָרִים וְאֵילִים וְעַתּוּדִים בָּם סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants of thy hand; in lambs, and rams, and goats, in these were they thy merchants.

2 Chronicles 9:14דברי הימים ב ט:יד

לְבַד מֵאַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים וְהַסֹּחֲרִים מְבִיאִים וְכָל־מַלְכֵי עֲרַב וּפַחוֹת הָאָרֶץ מְבִיאִים זָהָב וָכֶסֶף לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה

beside that which the traffickers and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Arabia?

Arabia — ערב in Hebrew — has a gematria of 272 in the standard method.

How many times is Arabia named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Isaiah 21:13.

A spelling is not a name. The written word ערב stands 49 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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