1. a. evening, originally sunset, and hence perhaps ׳לְעֵת ע at the time of sunset Genesis 8:11 (J), Genesis 24:11 (J; "" לְעֵת צֵאת הַשֹּׁאֲבֹת), 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 17:14 and (of the day of ׳י) Zechariah 14:7, ׳עֵת הָע Joshua 8:29 (JE) ; usually ׳ע alone = time of sunset, evening: ׳בָּע in the evening Genesis 19:1 (J), Genesis 29:23 (E), Exodus 12:18 (P), Deuteronomy 16:6 (+ שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּבוֺא), 1 Kings 22:35 (compare "" 2 Chronicles 18:34 where + לְעֵת בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ) + 20 t. + ׳בָּע(ֿ)בָּע2Chronicles 13:11 (twice in verse) = every evening; ׳לָע at evening only late: 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 23:30; 2Chron 2:3; Ezra 3:3; Psalm 59:7; Psalm 59:15; Psalm 90:6; Ecclesiastes 11:6 ; ׳לִפְנוֺת ע at the turn of evening Genesis 24:63 (J), Deuteronomy 23:12; ׳ע as adverb accusative Exodus 16:6 (P), Psalm 55:18; as marking duration of impurity, in phrase ׳עַדהָֿע Leviticus 11:24 30t. P + Leviticus 22:6 (H); of Day of Atonement ׳מֵע ׳עַדעֿ Leviticus 23:32 (P).

b. dual in phrase (only P) בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם between the two evenings, i.e. probably between sunset and dark (see Thes [various views fully given]; otherwise Di^{Exodus 12:6}; on form as possibly only expanded plural see Ges^{§ 88c}), Exodus 12:6; Exodus 16:12; Exodus 29:39,41; Exodus 30:8; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:3,5,11; Numbers 28:4,8 .

c. other phrases are: ׳צִלְלֵי ע Jeremiah 6:4 (distinguished from צָהֳרָ֑יִם and לָ֑יְלָה Jeremiah 6:5), ׳מִנְחַה (הָ)ע 2 Kings 16:15; Ezra 9:4,5; Psalm 141:2; Daniel 9:21 ; ׳זְאֵבֵי ע see I. זְאֵב; for all combinations with בֹּקֶר morning, see ׳ב

1d, e. 2. (late poetry) = night, עָ֑רֶב Job 7:4; compare בְּנֶשֶׁף בְּעֶרֶב יוֺם Proverbs 7:9 ("" בְּאִישׁוֺן לַיְלָה וִאֲפֵלָה).