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title: עָרֵל — having foreskin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרֵל (6189), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: having foreskin. BDB 1906: adj. having foreskin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרֵל

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«עָרֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **having 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 6189 · **BDB:** עָרֵל

### Glosses

uncircumcised (12); uncircumcised.\[men\] (6); \[are\].uncircumcised (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

having foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6189/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. having foreskin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6189/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. having foreskin, i.e. uncircumcised;—ע׳ Ex 12:48 + 5 times; cstr. עֶ֫רֶל Ez 44:9(×2); עֲרַל Ex 6:12, 30; f. עֲרֵלָה Je 6:10; pl. עֲרֵלִים Lv 19:23 + 20 times; cstr. עַרְלֵי Je 9:25 + 2 times;—uncircumcised person Ex 12:48; Jos 5:7 (P), Philistines Ju 14:3; 15:18; 1 S 14:6; 17:26, 36; 31:4; 2 S 1:20; 1 Ch 10:4; of other nations Is 52:1; Je 9:25, especially as slain Ez 28:10; 31:18; 32:19 + 9 times 32; in v 27 read מֵעוֹלָם so Hi and most (v. on meaning Toy 31:18); עָרֵל זָכֶר uncircumcised male Gn 17:14 (P); ע׳ בָּשָׂר Ez 44:7, 9 uncircumcised of flesh; fig. of fruit trees Lv 19:23 (cf. \[עָרַל\] supr.); ע׳ שְׂפָתַיִם fig. of incapacity to speak Ex 6:12, 30; of character, ע׳ לב Je 9:25; Ez 44:7, 9, cf. לִבָבָם הֶעָרֵל Lv 26:41 (H), עֲרֵלָה אָזְנָם Je 6:10 their ear is uncircumcised (unreceptive).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6189/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 32:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.19/)

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מִמִּ֖י נָעָ֑מְתָּ רְדָ֥ה וְהָשְׁכְּבָ֖ה אֶת־עֲרֵלִֽים׃

*Word for word:* more than.whom? are.you.lovely go down and be laid with uncircumcised.\[men\]

*JPS 1917:* Whom dost thou pass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

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[Ezekiel 32:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.32.28/)

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וְאַתָּ֗ה בְּת֧וֹךְ עֲרֵלִ֛ים תִּשָּׁבַ֥ר וְתִשְׁכַּ֖ב אֶת־חַלְלֵי־חָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and you among uncircumcised.\[men\] you.will.be.broken and you.will.lie with \[those\].slain of.a.sword

*JPS 1917:* But thou, in the midst of the uncircumcised shalt thou be broken and lie, even with them that are slain by the sword.

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