עַרְבוּ pr. n. pl. ʿArbu. Gen. R. s. 33 (ref. to הערבים I Kings XVII, 6) עיר היא … ושמה ע׳ (ed. Wil. עַרְבִי) there is a town in the district of Bethshean whose (Chaldaic) name is ʿArbu (ʿArbi, so that ʿor’bim may refer to the inhabitants of that place, v. Ḥull. 5ᵃ).
עַרְבוּ
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עַרְבוּ pr. n. pl. ʿArbu . Gen. R. s. 33 (ref. to הערבים I Kings XVII, 6 ) עיר היא … ושמה ע׳ (ed. Wil. עַרְבִי ) there is a town in the district of…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 33
- I Kings 17:6
- Jastrow, עַרְבִי 1
- Chullin 5a