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title: עֲרוֹעֵר — juniper · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרוֹעֵר (6176), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: juniper. BDB 1906: juniper. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרוֹעֵר

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«עֲרוֹעֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **juniper** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6176 · **BDB:** עֲרוֹעֵר

### Glosses

a.juniper.bush (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

juniper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6176/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

juniper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6176/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] prob. a tree or bush; juniper? (Arabic عَرْعَرٌ juniper (or cypress? v. Lane), so TristrNHB 358 RobBR ii. 124; on format. v. LagBN 162 BaNB 160);—עֲרוֹעֵר בַּמִּדְבָּר Je 48:6, + 17:6, where read prob. עֲרֹעֵר בָּעֲרָבָה (for MT עַרְעָר; \> Gf al. conversely, read עַרְעָר 48:6).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרוֹעֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6176/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 48:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.6/)

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נֻ֖סוּ מַלְּט֣וּ נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְתִֽהְיֶ֕ינָה כַּעֲרוֹעֵ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* flee save life your so that.they.may.be like a.juniper.bush in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.

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