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title: אָרַר — curse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרַר (779), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 63 times: curse. BDB 1906: vb. curse. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרַר

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«אָרַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curse** — 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:** 63 times · **Key:** 779 · **BDB:** אָרַר

### Glosses

\[is\].cursed (16); \[be\].cursed (11); \[will.be\].cursed (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/779/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/779/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. curse (Assyrian arâru ZimBP 68; on relation of meanings bind \& curse in Assyrian v. DlPr 101)—Qal Pf. 1 s. וְאָרוֹתִ֫י, אָרוֹתִיהָ Mal 2:2; Impf. 2 ms. תָּאֹר Ex 22:27 Nu 22:6, 12; אָאֹר Gn 12:3; Imv. אָ֫רָה־ Nu 22:6; 23:7; אוֹרוּ, אֹרוּ \& Inf. abs. אָרוֹר all Ju 5:23; Pt. אֹרְרֵי Jb 3:8; אֹרְרֶיךָ Gn 27:29 Nu 24:9; אָרוּר Gn 3:14 + 36 times etc.;—curse ‖ בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic \& legal sources of JED \& later imitations: Gn 12:3; 27:29 (J) Nu 22:6, 12; 23:7; 24:9 (E) Ex 22:27 (E) Mal 2:2; אֹרוּ אָרוֹר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Ju 5:23; אֹרְרֵי יוֹם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Jb 3:8. Pt. pass. אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, ‖ בָּרוּךְ Gn 3:14, 17; 4:11; 9:25; 27:29; 49:7 Nu 24:9 (E, poet.) Dt 27:15–26 Ju 21:18 1 S 14:24, 28; 26:19 Je 11:3; 17:5; 20:14, 15; 48:10(×2) Mal 1:14; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands ψ 119:21 (𝔊 𝔖 Jer De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזֹּאת this cursed woman 2 K 9:34. Pt. נֵאָרִים cursed Mal 3:9. Pf. 3 ms. sf. אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Gn 5:29 (J); Pt. הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים the curse-bringing waters Nu 5:18–27 (P 6 times waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them). Impf. יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Nu 22:6 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָרַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/779/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.17/)

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אָר֥וּר טַנְאֲךָ֖ וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[will.be\].cursed basket your and your.kneading trough

*JPS 1917:* Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

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[Job 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.8/)

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יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* let them.curse.it \[those.who\].curse (of).a.day the.\[ones\] ready to.rouse Leviathan

*JPS 1917:* Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

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