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title: אֲרִיאֵל — lion of God · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרִיאֵל (741), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: lion of God. BDB 1906: hearth, altar-hearth. 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: **lion of God** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 741 · **BDB:** אֲרִאֵיל

### Glosses

hearth (2); an.altar.hearth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion of God [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/741/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hearth, altar-hearth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/741/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hearth, altar-hearth (𝔊 Ἀριηλ; from ארה with ל aff. according to Ew§ 163 g Ol§ 220 Sm Ez 43:15 Di Is 29:1 al.; but this formation very rare \& here dub.; 𝔗 Hi De Brd Or Is 29:1 der. from אל + ארי = hearth of Ēl, v. also RSSem i. 469, who thinks of pillar-altars; cf. אראלדודה MI12 v. Sm \& So, and DrSm xci)—אראיל Kt Ez 43:15, 16; (Qr אֲרִיאֵל); = הַרְאֵל v 15 (Vrss Co אריאל), all c. art.,—of altar-hearth in Ezekiel’s temple.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1488/741/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Ezekiel 43:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.16/)

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וְהָאֲרִיאֵ֗ל שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ בִּשְׁתֵּ֥ים עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה רֹ֑חַב רָב֕וּעַ אֶ֖ל אַרְבַּ֥עַת רְבָעָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and the.altar hearth \[is\].two.plus ten.\[cubits\] length by two.plus ten.\[cubits\] breadth \[it.is\].square to the.four sides its

*JPS 1917:* And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.

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