The meaning of “עָרָה”
Understanding ʻârâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover. - to be (causatively, make) bare -...
עָרָה
leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover. - to be (causatively, make) bare - hence, to empty, pour out, demolish 1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to bare, lay bare 1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty 1a3) to pour out 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences) 1b2) to pour out 1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked 1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 24:20 | “And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.” Word: עָרָה (ʻârâh) | |
| Leviticus 20:19 | “And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.” Word: עָרָה (ʻârâh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 24:11 | “Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king’s scribe and the high priest’s officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.” Word: עָרָה (ʻârâh) | |
| Psalms 137:7 | “Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.” Word: עָרָה (ʻârâh) | |
| Isaiah 32:15 | “Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.” Word: עָרָה (ʻârâh) |
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