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title: אָרָה — pluck · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרָה (717), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pluck. BDB 1906: vb. pluck, gather. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרָה

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«אָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pluck** — 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:** 717 · **BDB:** אָרָה

### Glosses

I.have.gathered (1); they (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pluck [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/717/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pluck, gather [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/717/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pluck, gather (Ethiopic አረየ )— Pf. 1 s. אָרִיתִי Ct 5:1; 3 pl. sf. וְאָרוּהָ ψ 80:13 pluck (grapes from) vine ψ 80:13, myrrh Ct 5:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/717/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 80:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.13/)

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לָ֭מָּה פָּרַ֣צְתָּ גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ וְ֝אָר֗וּהָ כָּל־עֹ֥בְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* why? have.you.broken.down walls its and they have.plucked.it all \[those.who\].pass.by of.\[the\].road

*JPS 1917:* Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

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[Song of Songs 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.1/)

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בָּ֣אתִי לְגַנִּי֮ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּה֒ אָרִ֤יתִי מוֹרִי֙ עִם־בְּשָׂמִ֔י אָכַ֤לְתִּי יַעְרִי֙ עִם־דִּבְשִׁ֔י שָׁתִ֥יתִי יֵינִ֖י עִם־חֲלָבִ֑י אִכְל֣וּ רֵעִ֔ים שְׁת֥וּ וְשִׁכְר֖וּ דּוֹדִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* I.have.come to garden my my.sister my bride I.have.gathered myrrh my with spice my I.have.eaten honeycomb my with honey my I.have.drunk wine my with milk my eat O.friends drink and become.drunk O.lovers

*JPS 1917:* I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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