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title: עֶרְיָה — nakedness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶרְיָה (6181), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: nakedness. BDB 1906: n.f. nakedness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶרְיָה

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«עֶרְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nakedness** — 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:** 6181 · **BDB:** עֶרְיָה

### Glosses

bareness (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nakedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6181/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. nakedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6181/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. nakedness;—always abs. ע׳;—ע׳־בֹּשֶׁת Mi 1:11 (in) nakedness, (in) shame (fig. of town Shaphir); of Jerus. עֵרֹם וְע׳ Ez 16:7 + 3 times (v. עֵירֹם sub II. עור); of bow Hb 3:9 (v. II. עור).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶרְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6181/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.3.9/)

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עֶרְיָ֤ה תֵעוֹר֙ קַשְׁתֶּ֔ךָ שְׁבֻע֥וֹת מַטּ֖וֹת אֹ֣מֶר סֶ֑לָה נְהָר֖וֹת תְּבַקַּע־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* bareness it.is.made.bare bow your oaths of.arrows a.word Selah rivers you.split.open \[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* Thy bow is made quite bare; sworn are the rods of the word. Thou dost cleave the earth with rivers.

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[Micah 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.11/)

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עִבְרִ֥י לָכֶ֛ם יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת שָׁפִ֖יר עֶרְיָה־בֹ֑שֶׁת לֹ֤א יָֽצְאָה֙ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת צַֽאֲנָ֔ן מִסְפַּד֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֵ֔צֶל בֵּ֣ית הָאֵ֔צֶל יִקַּ֥ח מִכֶּ֖ם עֶמְדָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* pass.on (for yourselves O.inhabitant\[s\] of.Shaphir bareness shame not she.came.forth the.inhabitant\[s\] of.Zaanan the.lament of Beth.Ezel it.will.take from you ground its.standing

*JPS 1917:* Pass ye away, O inhabitant of Saphir, in nakedness and shame; the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the standing-place thereof.

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