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title: אֲרִיאֵל — Ariel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרִיאֵל (739), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Ariel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרִיאֵל

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«אֲרִיאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ariel** — 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:** 739 · **BDB:** אֲרִיאֵל

### Glosses

the.warrior\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ariel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/739/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/739/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (Ew; v. p. 1120) Ariel (lioness of Ēl) name applied to Jerusalem Is 29:1(×2), 2(×2), 7 (so Ges Ew Che Di al.; 𝔗 De Brd Or al. say hearth of Ēl, cf. אֲרִאֵיל). Du Is 29:1 (q.v.) makes 1 = אֲרִיאֵיל, from אָרָה + ל afform., hearth (not + אֵל hearth of †El). n.pr.m. a chief man among returning exiles Ezr 8:16. אֲרִאֵל מוֹאָב 2 S 23:20 = אֲרִיאֵל מ׳ 1 Ch 11:22 taken by 𝔊 RV DrSm al. as n.pr.m., read two sons of Ariel of Moab; RSSem i. 469 comp. אראל MI 12, altar-hearth (so Sm \& So, and DrSm xci, v. sub אֲרִיאֵיל) and transl. א׳ מוֹאָב altar-hearths of Moab. Ez 43:15 \& Qr v 15, 16 vid. sub אֲרִאֵיל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרִיאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/739/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.22/)

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בְּנָיָ֨ה בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע בֶּן־אִֽישׁ־חַ֛יִל רַב־פְּעָלִ֖ים מִֽן־קַבְצְאֵ֑ל ה֣וּא הִכָּ֗ה אֵ֣ת שְׁנֵ֤י אֲרִיאֵל֙ מוֹאָ֔ב וְ֠הוּא יָרַ֞ד וְהִכָּ֧ה אֶֽת־הָאֲרִ֛י בְּת֥וֹךְ הַבּ֖וֹר בְּי֥וֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃

*Word for word:* Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada \[was\].a.son of.a.man of.strength great of.deeds from Kabzeel he he.struck.down (et) the.two the.warrior\[s\] of.Moab and he he.went.down and he.struck.down (et) the lion in the.midst of the.pit on the.day of the.snow

*JPS 1917:* Beniah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

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[2 Samuel 23:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.20/)

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וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע בֶּן־אִֽישׁ־חַ֛יִל רַב־פְּעָלִ֖ים מִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑ל ה֣וּא הִכָּ֗ה אֵ֣ת שְׁנֵ֤י אֲרִאֵל֙ מוֹאָ֔ב וְ֠הוּא יָרַ֞ד וְהִכָּ֧ה אֶֽת־הָאֲרִ֛י בְּת֥וֹךְ הַבֹּ֖אר בְּי֥וֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃

*Word for word:* and Benaiah the.son of.Jehoiada \[was\].a.son of.a.man of.strength great of.deeds from Kabzeel he he.struck.down (et) the.two the.warrior\[s\] of.Moab and he he.went.down and he.struck.down (et) the lion in the.midst of the.pit on the.day of the.snow

*JPS 1917:* And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow;

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