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title: עָרוֹם — naked · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרוֹם (6174), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: naked. BDB 1906: adj. naked. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרוֹם

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«עָרוֹם» 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 6174 · **BDB:** עָרוֹם

### Glosses

naked (13); \[is\].naked (1); \[the\].naked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

naked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6174/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. naked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6174/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. naked (perhaps secondary form from עֵירֹם Ew§ 163 c Sta§ 327 a; or from √ עָרָה, q.v.);—abs. עָרוֹם Am 2:16 + 8 times, עָרֹם 1 S 19:24 + 3 times; f. עֲרֻמָּה Ho 2:5; pl. עֲרוּמִּים Gn 2:25 Jb 22:6;—naked Gn 2:25 (J) 1 S 19:24 Ho 2:5; adverb. (Ges§ 118 n) c. הָלַךְ Is 20:2, 3, 4 Mi 1:8, cf. Am 2:16 Jb 24:7, 10; = subst. concr. Is 58:7 Jb 22:6; = without possessions Jb 1:21(×2) = Ec 5:14; of Sheʾôl. open before י׳ Jb 26:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 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 «עָרוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6174/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.10/)

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עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃

*Word for word:* naked they.go.about not clothing and hungry they.carry a.sheaf

*JPS 1917:* So that they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves;

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[Job 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.6/)

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כִּֽי־תַחְבֹּ֣ל אַחֶ֣יךָ חִנָּ֑ם וּבִגְדֵ֖י עֲרוּמִּ֣ים תַּפְשִֽׁיט׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you.have.held.in.pledge brothers your without.cause and the.garments of.naked.\[people\] you.have.stripped.off

*JPS 1917:* For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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