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title: אֲרִיאֵל — Ariel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרִיאֵל (740), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 740 · **BDB:** אֲרִיאֵל

### Glosses

Ariel (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ariel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/740/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/740/#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, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1488/740/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.1/)

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ה֚וֹי אֲרִיאֵ֣ל אֲרִיאֵ֔ל קִרְיַ֖ת חָנָ֣ה דָוִ֑ד סְפ֥וּ שָׁנָ֛ה עַל־שָׁנָ֖ה חַגִּ֥ים יִנְקֹֽפוּ׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! Ariel Ariel the.town (of).\[where\].he.camped David add year to year festivals let.them.go.around

*JPS 1917:* Ah, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add ye year to year, let the feasts come round!

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[Isaiah 29:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.2/)

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וַהֲצִיק֖וֹתִי לַֽאֲרִיאֵ֑ל וְהָיְתָ֤ה תַֽאֲנִיָּה֙ וַֽאֲנִיָּ֔ה וְהָ֥יְתָה לִּ֖י כַּאֲרִיאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.bring.distress to Ariel and it.will.be mourning and lamentation and it.will.be to me like an.altar.hearth

*JPS 1917:* Then will I distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and moaning; and she shall be unto Me as a hearth of God.

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