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title: עָרַל — count as foreskin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַל (6188), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: count as foreskin. BDB 1906: vb. denom. count as foreskin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַל

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«עָרַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **count as foreskin** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6188 · **BDB:** עָרַל

### Glosses

be.counted.as.uncircumcised (1); you.will.count.as.foreskin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

count as foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6188/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. count as foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6188/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. count as foreskin, i.e. as uncircumcised;— Pf. 2 mpl., c. acc. cogn. וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ Lv 19:23 ye shall regard its fruit as uncircumcised, and not eat it (for three years) (\> SS remove its foreskin (its fruit), as 𝔙, cf. 𝔊 περικαθαριεῖτε τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτοῦ). Imv. הֵעָרֵל Hb 2:16 be counted uncircumcised, i.e. be object of mockery; but dub., read probably הֵרָעֵל reel (𝔊 𝔖 We Now BuhlLex).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6188/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Habakkuk 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.2.16/)

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שָׂבַ֤עְתָּ קָלוֹן֙ מִכָּב֔וֹד שְׁתֵ֥ה גַם־אַ֖תָּה וְהֵֽעָרֵ֑ל תִּסּ֣וֹב עָלֶ֗יךָ כּ֚וֹס יְמִ֣ין יְהוָ֔ה וְקִיקָל֖וֹן עַל־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* you.are.satisfied shame more than.honor drink also you and be.counted.as.uncircumcised it.will.come.round to you the.cup of.the.right.hand of.Yahweh and disgrace \[will.be\].over honor your

*JPS 1917:* Thou art filled with shame instead of glory, drink thou also, and be uncovered; the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and filthiness shall be upon thy glory.

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[Leviticus 19:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.23/)

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וְכִי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ וּנְטַעְתֶּם֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ מַאֲכָ֔ל וַעֲרַלְתֶּ֥ם עָרְלָת֖וֹ אֶת־פִּרְי֑וֹ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים יִהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם עֲרֵלִ֖ים לֹ֥א יֵאָכֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and (dm) you.will.go into the land and you.will.plant every tree of.food and you.will.count.as.foreskin foreskin its (et) fruit its three years it.will.be to you uncircumcised not it.will.be.eaten

*JPS 1917:* And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you; it shall not be eaten.

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