מַאֲרָב (maʾărāb) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning ambush. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3993).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 156e)
Range of meaning (TWOT 156e)ambush; lurking-place; liers-in-wait; ambuscade; lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מַאֲרָבnoun, masculine: ambush
1.
a.ambush, place of lying-in-wait
b.lurking-place
2.liers-in-wait
Strong's H3993מַאֲרָב: an ambuscade KJV:lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 156: אָרַבʾārab — lie in wait; liers-in-wait; lurk; ambush, ambushment, lay wait