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אֲרוֺן, with article
הָאָרוֺן,
הָאָרֹן203 noun masculineExodus 35:12 (feminine1Samuel 4:17; 2 Chronicles 8:11) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest ZimBP 6, 22, Arabic 
, chest, so Aramaic 
, also Nabataean ארנא, Vogp. 102, Phoenician; Mishna also plural ארונות) — only singular; absolute אֲרוֺן 2 Kings 12:10 2Chronicles 24:8; with article הָאָרוֺן Deuteronomy 10:2 #NAME? Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן (Exodus 25:14 (twice in verse) + 13 t. Exodus; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 10:35); construct אֲרוֺןExodus 25:10 +, אֲרֹן Exodus 30:6; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:89 —
1 chest, for money-offerings 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 12:11; 2Chronicles 24:8,10,11 (twice in verse).
2 sarcophagus, mummy-case of Joseph Genesis 50:26 (E).
3 chest, ark in tabernacle & temple, containing tables of law, with cherubim above, the especially seat of ׳י among his people, only Hexateuch (71 t.) Samuel (61 t.) Kings (12 t.) & Chronicles (48 t.) + Judges 20:27; Jeremiah 3:16; Psalm 132:8; used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.).
a. indefinite אֲרוֺן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים an ark of shittim-wood Exodus 25:10; Deuteronomy 10:3 compare Deuteronomy 10:1.
b. def. ׳הָא Exodus 25:14 54t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
c. יהוה ׳א Joshua 4:11 32t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
d. ׳א אֱלֹהִים 1 Samuel 3:3; 1 Samuel 4:11; הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א1Samuel 4:13 32t. Samuel, Chronicles (but 1 Samuel 14:18 (twice in verse) read הָאֵפוֺד ᵐ5 We Dr), compare אֱלֹהֵינוּ ׳א 1 Chronicles 13:3.
e. אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א 1 Samuel 5:7 6t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; יהוה אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א 1 Chronicles 15:12,14; יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳א Joshua 4:5 (JE); ׳א אֲדֹנָי יהוה 1 Kings 2:26; יחוה אֲדוֺן כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳א Joshua 3:13 (J E D) compare אדון כלהֿארץ [הברית] ׳א Joshua 3:11, where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase האלהים יהוה יוֺשֵׁב ׳א הַכְּרוּבִים אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם 1 Chronicles 13:6.
f. in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; ארון הַבְּרִית ark of the covenant Joshua 3:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 3:8; Joshua 4:9; Joshua 6:6 (all J E D); בְּרִית יהוה ׳א Numbers 10:33; Numbers 14:44 (both J) Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 31:9,25; Joshua 4:7,18; Joshua 6:8; Joshua 8:33; Jeremiah 3:16 17t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer צְבָאוֺת ישֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים ׳בְּרִית י ׳א 1 Samuel 4:4; also בְּרִית הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א Judges 20:27; 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 15:24; 1 Chronicles 16:6; & אלהיכם ׳בְּרִית א ׳א Deuteronomy 31:26; Joshua 3:3.
g. אֲרוֺן הָעֵדוּת ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to בְּרִית ׳א (compare Di on Exodus 25:16), Exodus 25:22 8t. Exodus; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:84; Joshua 4:16.
h. הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳א2Chronicles 35:3.
i. עֻזֶּךָ֑ ׳א the ark of thy strength2Chronicles 6:41; Psalm 132:8. — (compare also tables given by Seyringl.c. & his theory as to earliest designation of ark.)
אַרְנֶ֫בֶת see אנב.
ארניה see אֲרַוְנָה.
