עָרֵל
ʻârêl · aw-rale'
to expose or remove the prepuce, whether literal (to go naked) or figurative (to refrain from using)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to strip; but used as denominative from H6189 (עָרֵל);
to expose or remove the prepuce, whether literal (to go naked) or figurative (to refrain from using)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: count uncircumcised, foreskin to be uncovered.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of the head, the highest of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרֵל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then ye shall count1 · 33%
- thereof as uncircumcised1 · 33%
- thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.