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title: עֵירֹם — naked · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵירֹם (5903), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: naked. BDB 1906: adj. naked nakedness adj. n.abstr. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵירֹם

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«עֵירֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **naked** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 5903 · **BDB:** עֵירֹם

### Glosses

nakedness (4); \[were\].naked (2); naked (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

naked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5903/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. naked nakedness adj. n.abstr. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5903/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and n.\[m.\] 1. naked; 2. nakedness ( √ עור Ew 423, 426 Ges§ 85 t Sta§§ 295, 327 a; \> √ ערם (not Heb. in this sense) BaNB § 27 g Köii. 84, 120);—abs. עֵירֹם Gn 3:10, 11 + 4 times, עֵרֹם Ez 16:7 + 2 times Ez; pl. עֵירֻמִּים Gn 3:7;— adj. naked Gn 3:7, 10, 11 (all pred.); as subst. concr. Ez 18:7, 16. n.abstr. nakedness Dt 28:48; ע׳ וְעֶרְיָה nakedness and bareness (= naked and bare, of personified Jerusalem), Ez 16:7, 22, 39; 23:29.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֵירֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5903/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 3:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.10/)

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ֥ שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בַּגָּ֑ן וָאִירָ֛א כִּֽי־עֵירֹ֥ם אָנֹ֖כִי וָאֵחָבֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said (et) sound your I.heard in the garden and I.was.afraid (dm) \[was\].naked I and I.hid.myself

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.'

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[Genesis 3:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.3.7/)

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וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ כִּ֥י עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם הֵ֑ם וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ עֲלֵ֣ה תְאֵנָ֔ה וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם חֲגֹרֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.opened the.eyes of both.of.them and they.knew (dm).that \[were\].naked they and they.sewed.together leafage of.a.fig.tree and they.made for themselves loin.coverings

*JPS 1917:* And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.

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