Lexical Definition

‎אָרַר‎ ʼârar (aw-rar') to curse ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] bitterly curse.

• to execrate

1) to curse
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to curse
1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses)
1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed
1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on
1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָרַר‎] verb curse (Assyrian arâru Zim^{BP 68}; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian see Dl^{Pr 101}) —

Qal Perfect ‎וְאָרוֺתִ֫י‎, ‎אָרוֺתִיהָ‎ Mal 2:2 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תָּאֹר‎ Exod 22:27*; Num 22:6; Num 22:12 ‎אָאֹר‎ Gen 12:3 Imperative ‎אָ֫רָהֿ‎ Num 22:6; Num 23:7 ‎אוֺרוּ‎, ‎אֹרוּ‎ & Infinitive absolute ‎אָרוֺר‎ all Judg 5:23 Participle ‎אֹרֲרֵי‎ Job 3:8 ‎אֹרֲרֶיךָ‎ Gen 27:29; Num 24:9 ‎אָרוּר‎ Gen 3:14 + 36 t. etc.; — curse || ‎בֵּרֵךְ‎ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: Gen 12:3; Gen 27:29 (J) Num 22:6; Num 22:12; Num 23:7; Num 24:9 (E) Exod 22:27* (E) Mal 2:2 ‎אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ‎ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judg 5:23 ‎אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם‎ cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle ‎אָרוּר‎, chiefly as exclamation, || ‎בָּרוּךְ‎ Gen 3:14; Gen 3:17; Gen 4:11; Gen 9:25; Gen 27:29; Gen 49:7; Num 22:12; Num 24:9 (E, poetry) Deut 27:15-26; Judg 21:18; Judg 1:24; Judg 14:28; Judg 26:29; Jer 11:3; Jer 17:5; Jer 20:14; Jer 20:15; Jer 48:10 (twice in verse); Mal 1:14 ‎אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ‎ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Ps 119:21 (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Jerome De Ri), ‎הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת‎ this cursed woman 2Kgs 9:34. Niph`al Participle ‎נֵאָרִים‎ cursed Mal 3:9. Pi`el 3 masculine singular suffix ‎אֵרֲרָהּ‎ curse, lay under a curse Gen 5:29 (J); Participle ‎הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים‎ the curse-bringing waters Num 5:18-27 (P 6 t. waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them). Hoph`al Imperfect ‎יוּאָ֑ר‎ be cursed Num 22:6 (E).

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