Maariv

American

[mah-ah-reev, mah-riv] / mɑ ɑˈriv, ˈmɑ rɪv /

Or Maarib

noun

Hebrew.

the Jewish religious service conducted every evening.

Ma'ariv British

/ ˈmɑɪriv, mɑɑˈriv /

noun

Judaism the evening service

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Etymology

Origin of Maariv

maʿărībh evening prayer

Example Sentences

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Mr. Biden “booted Netanyahu out of the closet of ambiguity and presented Netanyahu’s proposal himself,” Ben Caspit, a biographer and longtime critic of Mr. Netanyahu, wrote in Sunday’s Maariv, a Hebrew daily.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Ben Caspit in the more centrist Maariv newspaper was even more forceful in his interpretation of the move.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

"Only this morning did I understand the scale of what happened, that what had happened was not only at the party, it's the whole south is on fire," Maariv said.

From Reuters • Oct. 8, 2023

After the war, Deutschkron first moved to London and later to Tel Aviv where she worked for daily newspaper Maariv.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2022

The same thing happened at Minchah and Maariv.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

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