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# עָרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6168

**be naked** — used 15 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

be naked [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6168/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָרָה: vb. be naked, bare Pi. Hiph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6168/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be naked, bare (Arabic عَرِىَ be naked; Ph. ערה \[Pi.\] lay bare (cf. Bloch Lzb); Assyrian ûru, nakedness, also desert waste (cf. \[עָרָה\] infr.) JägerBAS ii. 282 and reff.; NH עֶרְוָה = BH, 𝔗 עִירְיְתָא; Syriac ܥܪܳܝܽܘܬܳܐ in Lexx);— Pf. 3 ms. עֵרָה Is 22:6 Zp 2:14; Impf. 3 ms. יְעָרֶה Is 3:17; 3 fs. וַתְּעַר Gn 24:20; 2 ms. juss. תְּעַר ψ 141:8; 3 mpl. וִיעָרוּ 2 Ch 24:11; Imv. mpl. עָ֫רוּ ψ 137:7(×2); Inf. abs. עָרוֹת Hb 3:13 (Ges§ 75 n);— lay bare Is 3:17; 22:6; Zp 2:14 (indef. subj.); of laying foundations bare, i.e. tearing down walls, etc. Hb 3:13 (yet on text v. Now), abs. עָ֫רוּ עָ֑רוּ ψ 137:7(×2). lay bare by removing contents, empty, water-jar Gn 24:20 (J; + אֶל loc.), chest 2 Ch 24:11. pour out, אַל־תְּעַר נַפְשָׁי ψ 141:8 (i.e. slay). Pf. 3 ms. הֶעֱרָה: make naked, of sexual offences Lv 20:18, 19 (both ‖ גִּלָּה). pour out, הֶע׳ לַמָּוֶת נַפְשׁוֹ Is 53:12 (fig. for slay, cf. Pi. 3). pass. of Hiph. 2: 3 ms. יֵעָרֶה עָלֵינוּ רוּחַ Is 32:15 (fig.) until there be poured upon us a spirit from on high. Impf. 2 fs. תִּתְעָרִ֑י La 4:21 thou shalt make thyself naked (of Edom under fig. of drunken woman). Pt. מִתְעָרֶה ψ 37:35 usually pouring himself, i.e. spreading himself out like a tree (Bae doubts; Du מִתְעַלֶּה lifting himself up, cf. 𝔊).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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: he has made naked (2); he will lay bare (2); lay bare (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 37:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/#tree)

רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.seen a.wicked.\[person\] ruthless and spreading.himself like a.native.tree luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

[Isaiah 3:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.3.17/#tree)

וְשִׂפַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָ֔י קָדְקֹ֖ד בְּנ֣וֹת צִיּ֑וֹן וַיהוָ֖ה פָּתְהֵ֥ן יְעָרֶֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.make.scabby Lord \[the\] the.crown.of.the.head of.the.daughters of.Zion and Yahweh forehead their he.will.lay.bare

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6168.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6168/): 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).