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# אֲרִיאֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H740

**Ariel** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Ariel [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/740/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲרִיאֵל: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/740/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (Ew; v. p. 1120) Ariel (lioness of Ēl) name applied to Jerusalem Is 29:1(×2), 2(×2), 7 (so Ges Ew Che Di al.; 𝔗 De Brd Or al. say hearth of Ēl, cf. אֲרִאֵיל). Du Is 29:1 (q.v.) makes 1 = אֲרִיאֵיל, from אָרָה + ל afform., hearth (not + אֵל hearth of †El). n.pr.m. a chief man among returning exiles Ezr 8:16. אֲרִאֵל מוֹאָב 2 S 23:20 = אֲרִיאֵל מ׳ 1 Ch 11:22 taken by 𝔊 RV DrSm al. as n.pr.m., read two sons of Ariel of Moab; RSSem i. 469 comp. אראל MI 12, altar-hearth (so Sm & So, and DrSm xci, v. sub אֲרִיאֵיל) and transl. א׳ מוֹאָב altar-hearths of Moab. Ez 43:15 & Qr v 15, 16 vid. sub אֲרִאֵיל.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ariel (4).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 29:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.1/#tree)

ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! Ariel Ariel the.town (of).\[where\].he.camped David add year to year festivals let.them.go.around

*JPS 1917:* Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!

[Isaiah 29:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.2/#tree)

וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַֽאֲנִיָּה֙ וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.bring.distress to Ariel and it.will.be mourning and lamentation and it.will.be to me like an.altar.hearth

*JPS 1917:* Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/740/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).