Lexical Definition

‎מַעַר‎ maʻar (mah'-ar) nakedness ^H:N-M
from ‎עָרָה‎

nakedness, proportion.

• a nude place, i.e. (literally) the pudenda, or (figuratively) a vacant space

1) bare, naked place, nakedness
1a) bare place
1b) nakedness, pudenda (exposed in punishment)

See Greek: αἰσχύνη · ἔχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַעֲרֶה‎], ‎מַ֫עַר‎ noun [masculine] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 144}); —

1. bare place, or space: construct ‎מִמַּעֲרִהגָּֿ֑בַע‎ Judg 20:33 bare (open) space of Geba' (si vera 1.; but see II. ‎מַעֲרָב‎); ‎כְּמַעַראִֿישׁ‎ 1Kgs 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, see ‎לוּחַ‎).

2. suffix ‎מַעְרֵח‎ Nah 3:5 figurative of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; compare ‎עֶרְוָה‎).

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