Lexical Definition

‎עׇרְלָה‎ ʻorlâh (or-law') (Gilgal)-haaraloth ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎עָרֵל‎

foreskin, [phrase] uncircumcised.

• the prepuce

1) foreskin, uncircumcised

See Greek: ἀκαθαρσία · ἀκροβυστία

Extended Information

part of: גִּלְגָּל

• Combined with gil.gal (‎ג‎ִּ‎ל‎ְ‎ג‎ָּ‎ל‎ "Gilgal" גִּלְגָּל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָרְלָה‎₁₆ noun feminine foreskin; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 34:14; Jer 9:24* construct ‎עָרְלַת‎ Exod 4:25; Deut 10:16, etc.; plural ‎הָעֲרָלוֺת‎ (not ‎׳‎‎ֳ‎) Josh 5:3 (Kö^{ii. 1, 158}); construct ‎עָרְלוֺת‎ Jer 4:4 + 2 t.; ‎עָרְלֹתֵיהֶם‎ 1Sam 18:27 — foreskin 1Sam 18:25; 1Sam 18:27; 2Sam 3:14, compare ‎נִּבְעַת הָעֲרָלוֺם‎ Josh 5:3 hill of the foreskins, near Gilgal; of circumcision, ‎׳‎‎כרת ע‎ Exod 4:25 (J), ‎׳‎‎בְּשַׂר ע‎ Gen 17:11 + 5 t. P (see II. ‎מוּל‎), ‎אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎לוֺ ע‎ Gen 34:14 (P), i.e. one uncircumcised; compare Jer 9:24* figurative of fruit trees, ‎עָרְלָתוֺ‎ Lev 19:23 (P; see [ ‎עָרַל‎]; figurative of heart, ‎לבב‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Deut 10:16; Jer 4:4.

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