עָרֵל
ʻârêl · H6188 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to regard as forbidden
Literally: to regard as uncircumcised; hence: action by which humans regard agricultural products as set apart for God and therefore refrain from eating it
ExamplesLeviticus 19:23 ‘Now when you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.
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to show oneself uncircumcised
Literally, possibly: to show oneself uncircumcised; hence: action by which humans take off their clothes, as a result of which people can see that they are uncircumcised
ExamplesHabakkuk 2:16 “You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor. Drink, you yourself, and expose your own foreskin! The cup in the LORD’S right hand will come around to you, And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עׇרְלָהforeskin 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Holy002001001033
- עָרֵל is used in the command to count fruit trees as uncircumcised for their first three years, a ritual holiness restriction on the land's produce.
- Undress002003001017
- The word literally describes an uncovered foreskin, the physical state addressed by the practice of circumcision.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6188. aral [עָרַל] verb denominative count as foreskin, i.e. as uncircumcised; — Qal…
[עָרַל] verb denominative count as foreskin, i.e. as uncircumcised; —
Qal Perfect2masculine plural, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb עָרְלָתוֺ וַעֲרַלְתֶּם Lev 19:23 ye shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised, and not eat it (for three years) (> SS remove its foreskin (its fruit), as ᵑ9, compare ᵐ5 περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν ἀκαθαπσίαν αὐτοῦ).
Niph`al Imperative הֵעָרֵל Hab 2:16 be counted uncircumcised, i.e. be object of mockery; but dubious, read probably הֵרָעֵל reel (ᵑ6 ᵐ5 We Now BuhlLex).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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