Lexical Summary ervah: nakedness Original Word: עֶרְוָהTransliteration: ervah Phonetic Spelling: (er-vaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: nakedness Meaning: nakedness Strong's Concordance nakedness, shame, uncleanness From arah; nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness). see HEBREW arah Brown-Driver-Briggs H6172. ervah עֶרְוָה54 noun feminine nakedness, pudenda; — absolute ׳ע Exodus 28:42; Leviticus 18:6; usually construct עֶרְוַת Genesis 9:22 +, suffix עֶרְוָתְךָ Exodus 20:23 (Ginsb), Leviticus 18:10; עֶרְוָתֵךְ Isaiah 47:3 +; ת֯וֺ Leviticus 20:17, תָ֯הּ 18:7 +; suffix 3 feminine plural עֶרְוָתָן 18:9; 18:10; — 1 pudenda, of man ע ׳רָאָה implying shameful exposure Genesis 9:22-23, (J); mostly of woman: figurative of Jerusalem (with רָאָה) Lamentations 1:3; Ezekiel 16:37; usually with נלה ׃ literal ע ׳תִּגָּלֶה i.e. be exposed to view Exodus 20:23 (Ginsb; van d. H. 20:26; E), so, as shameful punishment, figurative of Egypt Isaiah 20:4 (gloss according to Du Che Di-Kit), Babylonian 47:3, of Jerusalem Ezekiel 16:37; 23:10, 29 (זְנוּנַיִךְ עֶרְוַת; all three object of active verb); chiefly euphemism for cohabitation, ע ׳גִּלָּה Leviticus 18:6 + (see גלה Pi`el 1 a; figurative of Jerusalem (verb passive) Ezekiel 16:36; ע ׳רָאָה in same meaning Leviticus 20:17 (twice in verse) (H; of both sexes); ׳ע also 18:8, 10, 16 (H); ע ׳כִּסָּה cover nakedness Genesis 9:23 (J), Exodus 28:42 (P; ע ׳בְּשַׂר), Hosea 2:11 (figurative of Israel), Ezekiel 16:8 (of Jerusalem); reviling words are ע ׳לְבשֶׁת אִמֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 20:30 (compare DoughtyArab. Deserta i. 269). 2 דָּבָר עֶרְוַת nakedness of a thing, i.e. probably indecency, improper behaviour Deuteronomy 23:15; 24:1 (see Dr). 3 figurative ׳ע הָאָרֶץ Genesis 42:9, 12 (E), i.e. its exposed, undefended parts (Arabic ). |
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