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title: עָר — Ar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָר (6144), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Ar. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָר

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«עָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ar** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 6144 · **BDB:** עָר

### Glosses

Ar (5); of.Ar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6144/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6144/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab, S. of Arnon (Ηρ Nu 21:15, elsewhere chiefly Αροηρ);—ע׳ Nu 21:15; Dt 2:9, 18, 29; עָר מוֹאָך Nu 21:28; Is 15:1;—usually interpreted as capital city (עָר = עִיר) of Moab (DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 398 cp. Sab. ער fortified height, cf. MordtmHim. Inschr. 29 HalEt.Sab. 159, so Arabic ٱلْعُرُّ, dial. of Yemen); BuhlGeogr. 269 f. thinks name of district S. of Arnon.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6144/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.2.18/)

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אַתָּ֨ה עֹבֵ֥ר הַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־גְּב֥וּל מוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־עָֽר׃

*Word for word:* you \[are\].about.to.pass.over this day (et) the.border of.Moab (et) Ar

*JPS 1917:* 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar;

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[Numbers 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.21.15/)

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וְאֶ֙שֶׁד֙ הַנְּחָלִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָ֖ה לְשֶׁ֣בֶת עָ֑ר וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן לִגְב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and the.slope of the.wadis which it.extends to the.dwelling of.Ar and it.leans to the.border of.Moab

*JPS 1917:* And the slope of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon the border of Moab. —

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