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title: עֲרֵמָה — heap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲרֵמָה (6194), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: heap. BDB 1906: n.f. heap. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲרֵמָה

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«עֲרֵמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **heap** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6194 · **BDB:** עֲרֵמָה

### Glosses

heaps (7); \[is\].a.heap (1); a.heap (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6194/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6194/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. heap;—abs. ע׳ Ru 3:7; cstr. עֲרֵמַת Hg 2:16; Ct 7:3; pl. עֲרֵמוֹת abs. Ne 13:15 +, cstr. 3:34; abs. עֲרֵמִים Je 50:26;—heap of rubbish (עָפָר) Ne 3:34; ע׳ = ruin-heap Je 50:26; = grain-heap (of threshed grain, عَرَمَةٌ unthreshed, according to Wetzstl.c.), Hg 2:16; Ne 13:15; Ru 3:7; ע׳ חִטִּים Ct 7:3; of grain and fruit 2 Ch 31:6(×2), 7, 8, 9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרֵמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6194/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 31:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.9/)

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וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁ יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ עַל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֛ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם עַל־הָעֲרֵמֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.enquired Hezekiah to the priests and the Levites on the heaps

*JPS 1917:* Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

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[2 Chronicles 31:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.7/)

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בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֔י הֵחֵ֥לּוּ הָעֲרֵמ֖וֹת לְיִסּ֑וֹד וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י כִּלּֽוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* in the month (the) third they.began the heaps to found and in the month (the) seventh they.finished

*JPS 1917:* In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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