ערב

עֵרֶבm. (b. h.; עָרַב I) 1) woof, opp. שתי warp. Kel. I, 5 חוט ע׳ a thread of the woof (thicker than that of the warp). Nidd.25b כשל ע׳ as thick as a thread of the woof; a. fr.Trnsf. the latitudinal direction, opp. to שתי longitudinal direction. Sabb.85b אם היו זרועין שתי זורען ע׳ if the beds (in a square) were planted lengthwise, he must plant (on the interspaces) crosswise. Ḥull.109b קורעו שתי וע׳ he tears it (the udder) lengthwise and crosswise. Y.Ter.III, 42a bot. משהילכו בהן שתי וע׳ as soon as they trod on them (the grapes) once lengthwise and crosswise; a. fr.(In later Hebrew שתי וע׳ cross, emblem of Christianity. 2) mixture; ע׳ רב (= ערברב) mixed multitude. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 30. Bets.32b הני מע׳ רבוכ׳ they are descendants of the mixed multitude (that came from Egypt); a. e., v. עֵירַבְרְבִין.