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title: עַרְעָר — stripped · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַרְעָר (6199), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: stripped. BDB 1906: adj. stripped, destitute. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַרְעָר

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«עַרְעָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stripped** — 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:** 6199 · **BDB:** עַרְעָר²

### Glosses

a.bush (1); the.destitute.person (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stripped [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6199/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. stripped, destitute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6199/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. stripped, destitute;—הָע׳ as subst. ψ 102:18 the prayer of the destitute.—Je 17:6 v. עֲרוֹעֵר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַרְעָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6199/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 102:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.102.18/)

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פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹֽא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* he.has.turned to the.prayer of the.destitute.person and not he.has.despised (et) prayer their

*JPS 1917:* When He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

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[Jeremiah 17:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.6/)

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וְהָיָה֙ כְּעַרְעָ֣ר בָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה כִּי־יָב֣וֹא ט֑וֹב וְשָׁכַ֤ן חֲרֵרִים֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר אֶ֥רֶץ מְלֵחָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א תֵשֵֽׁב׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.will.be like a.bush in the.desert plain and not he.will.see (dm) it.will.come good and he.will.dwell parched.places in the wilderness a.land of.saltiness and not anyone.dwells

*JPS 1917:* For he shall be like a tamarisk in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.

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