Lexical Definition

‎עָרָה‎ ʻârâh (aw-raw') to uncover ^H:V
a primitive root

leave destitute, discover, empty, make naked, pour (out), rase, spread self, uncover.

• to be (causatively, make) bare
• hence, to empty, pour out, demolish

1) to be bare, be nude, uncover, leave destitute, discover, empty, raze, pour out
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to bare, lay bare
1a2) to lay bare by emptying, empty
1a3) to pour out
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to make naked, strip bare (of sexual offences)
1b2) to pour out
1c) (Niphal) to be poured out, be exposed
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to expose oneself, make oneself naked
1d2) pouring oneself, spreading oneself (participle)

See Greek: ἀνακαλύπτω · ἀποκαλύπτω · ἐπαίρω · ἐπέρχομαι · ἔρχομαι · παραδίδωμι · τρυγάω · χλωρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עַרְוָה
[‎עָרָה‎] verb be naked, bare (Arabic be naked; Phoenician ‎ערה‎ [Pi`el] lay bare (compare Bloch Lzb); Assyrian ûru, nakedness, also desert waste (compare [‎עָרָה‎] below) Jäger^{BAS ii. 282 and references}; Late Hebrew ‎עֶרְוָה‎ = Biblical Hebrew, ᵑ7 ‎עִירְיְתָא‎; Syriac in Lexicons); —

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎עֵרָה‎ Isa 22:6; Zeph 2:14 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְעָרֶה‎Isa 3:17 3 feminine singular ‎וַהְּעַר‎ Gen 24:20 2 masculine singular jussive ‎תְּעַר‎ Ps 141:8 3 masculine plural ‎וִיעָרוּ‎ 2Chr 24:11 Imperative masculine plural ‎עָ֫רוּ‎ Ps 137:7 (twice in verse); Infinitive absolute ‎עָרוֺת‎ Hab 3:13 (Ges^{«GKC:75n»§ 75n}); —

1. lay bare Isa 3:17; Isa 22:6; Zeph 2:14 (indefinite subject); of laying foundations bare, i.e. tearing down walls, etc. Hab 3:13 (yet on text see Now), absolute ‎עָ֫רוּ עָ֑רוּ‎ Ps 137:7 (twice in verse).

2. lay bare by removing contents, empty, water-jar Gen 24:20 (J; + ‎אֶל‎ location), chest 2Chr 24:11.

3. pour out, ‎אַלתְּֿעַר נַפְּשִׁי‎ Ps 141:8 (i.e. slay). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׃ הֶעֱרָה‎

1. make naked, of sexual offences Lev 20:18; Lev 20:19 (both || ‎גִּלָּה‎).

2. pour out, ‎לַמָּוֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎הע‎, ‎נַפְשׁוֺ‎ Isa 53:12 (figurative for slay, compare Qal 3). Niph`al passive of Hiph`il 2 : 3 masculine singular ‎יֵעָרֶה עָלֵינוּ רוּחַ‎ Isa 32:15 (figurative) until there be poured upon us a spirit from on high.

Hithpa`el 1. Imperfect 2 feminine singular ‎תִּתְעָרִ֑י‎ Lam 4:21 thou shalt make thyself naked (of Edom under figure of drunken woman).

2. Participle ‎מִתְעָרֶה‎ Ps 37:35 usually pouring himself, i.e. spreading himself out like a tree (Bae doubts; Du ‎מִתְעַלֶּה‎ lifting himself up, compare ᵐ5).

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