a.ra.vi identifies an Arab, shown both pitching a tent and as a wilderness comparison.

The term identifies an Arab in two distinct verse settings: a person who would pitch a tent in an uninhabited place and a figure used in a wilderness comparison.

1. An Arab in a tent-pitching scene · dominant

   In Isaiah 13:20, the masculine singular gentilic occurs in the clause about a person not pitching a tent in a place that will not be inhabited. The APB renders the clause, "no Arab will pitch his tent there."

   Isaiah 13:20
2. An Arab in a wilderness comparison · occasional

   In Jeremiah 3:2, the masculine singular gentilic occurs in a comparison involving sitting by the ways in the wilderness. The APB renders the comparison, "like an Arab in the wilderness."

   Jeremiah 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "Arab" in both verses: once in the tent-pitching clause of Isaiah 13:20 and once in the wilderness comparison of Jeremiah 3:2. The verse is read as a whole.