עוֹרֵב, raven, crow. Ḥull. 65ᵃ, a. e. אצל ע׳, v. זַרְזִיר II. Ib. 63ᵃ ע׳ אוכמא the black ‘oreb (raven); ע׳ העמקי חיוורא the ‘oreb of the valley, the white spotted ‘oreb; ע׳ הבא בראשי יונים the ‘oreb (crow) that moves in advance of the doves. Snh. 108ᵇ תשובה … ע׳ לנח the raven brought a convincing argument against Noah; Yalk. Gen. 58; ib. ע׳ רק the raven was punished inasmuch as he spits (semen from his mouth, Rashi). Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXIII. Tosef. Sabb. VI (VII), 6; Sabb. 67ᵇ (v. עוֹרַבְתָּא); a. fr.—Pl. עוֹרְבִים. Ḥull. 5ᵃ (ref. to I Kings XVII, 6) ע׳ ממש ravens in the true sense; דילמא … שמייהו ע׳ might it not mean two men by the family name of ‘Oreb (as Jud. VII, 25); Gen. R. s. 33; a. fr.