Lexical Definition

‎עֲרוֹעֵר‎ ʻărôwʻêr (ar-o-ayr') juniper ^H:N-M
or עַרְעָר ʻarʻâr (ar-awr'); from ‎עָרַר‎ reduplicated

health.

• a juniper (from its nudity of situation)

1) naked, stripped, destitute
2) tree or bush
2a) probably juniper or cypress

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עֲרוֺעֵר‎ noun [masculine] probably a tree or bush; juniper ? (Arabic juniper (or cypress ? see Lane), so Tristr^{NHB 358} Rob^{BR ii. 124}; on formative see Lag^{BN 162} Ba^{NB 160}); — ‎עֲרוֺעֵר בַּמִּדְבָּר‎ Jer 48:6, + Jer 17:6, where read probably ‎עֲרֹעֵר בָּעֲרָבָה‎ (for ᵑ0 ‎עַרְעָר‎; > Gf and others conversely, read ‎עַרְעָר‎ Jer 48:6).

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