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title: אָרַשׂ — betroth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרַשׂ (781), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: betroth. BDB 1906: vb. betroth Pi. Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרַשׂ

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«אָרַשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **betroth** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 781 · **BDB:** אָרַשׂ

### Glosses

I (3); betrothed (3); I.betrothed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

betroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/781/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. betroth Pi. Pu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/781/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. betroth (Mish. ארס, Ph. ארש in n.pr., LagSem i. 50 connects with Arabic أَرْشٌ a fine, lit. pay the price, \& so gain the right of possession; cf. Aramaic אָרִיס one who farms land; Assyrian mirsu, tribute, Zehnpf BAS i. 518)—only Pi. Pu.; Pf. 3 ms. אֵרַשׂ Dt 20:7; אֵרַשְׂתִּי 2 S 3:14; sf. אֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ Ho 2:21(×2), 22; Impf. 2 ms. תְּאָרֵשׂ Dt 28:30;—betroth (subj. man) obj. woman, אִשָּׁה Dt 20:7; 28:30; sq. ב of price paid to father \& ל of husband 2 S 3:14; ב of gift to bride \& ל of husband Ho 2:21, 22, where fig. of Yahweh’s covenant mercy to Israel. Pf. 3 fs. אֹרָ֑שָׂה be betrothed, c. לֹא, subj. בְּתוּלָה Ex 22:15 Dt 22:28 (נער בתולה); Pt. f. מְאֹרָשָׂה Dt 22:23, where affirmed of נער בתולה (sq. ל of husband) v 25, 27 (in both subj. הַנַּעֲרָ֯).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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 «אָרַשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/781/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.2.22/)

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וְאֵרַשְׂתִּ֥יךְ לִ֖י בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה וְיָדַ֖עַתְּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and I will.betroth.you to myself in faithfulness and you.will.know (et) Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And I will betroth thee unto Me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know the LORD.

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[Deuteronomy 22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.27/)

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כִּ֥י בַשָּׂדֶ֖ה מְצָאָ֑הּ צָעֲקָ֗ה הַֽנַּעֲרָה֙ הַמְאֹ֣רָשָׂ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מוֹשִׁ֖יעַ לָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) in the.open country he found.her she.cried.for.help the.young woman (the) betrothed and there.\[was\].not a.deliverer for her

*JPS 1917:* For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

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