[ אָרַר S 779 TWOT 168 GK 826 ] vb. curse ( Assyrian arâru Zim BP 68 ; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian v. Dl Pr 101) —Qal Pf. 1 s. וְאָרֹותִ˜י , אָרֹותִיהָ Mal 2: 2; Impf. 2 ms. תָּאֹר Ex 22:27 Nu 22: 6, 12 ; אָאֹר Gn 12: 3; Imv. אָ˜רָה־ Nu 22: 6; 23:7 ; אֹורוּ , אֹרוּ & Inf. abs. אָרֹור all Ju 5:23 ; Pt. אֹרְרֵי Jb 3: 8; אֹרְרֶיךָ Gn 27:29 Nu 24: 9; אָרוּר Gn 3:14 + 36 times etc.;— curse || בֵּרֵךְ bless , chiefly in poetic & legal sources of JED & later imitations: Gn 12:3 ; 27:29 ( J ) Nu 22:6 , 12 ; 23:7 ; 24:9 ( E ) Ex 22:27 ( E ) Mal 2:2 ; אֹרוּ אָרֹור ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Ju 5:2 3; אֹרְרֵי יֹום cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Jb 3:8 . Pt. pass. אָרוּר , chiefly as exclamation, || בָּרוּךְ Gn 3:1 4, 17 ; 4:11 ; 9:25 ; 27:29 ; 49:7 Nu 24:9 ( E , poet.) Dt 27:15–26 Ju 21:18 1 S 14:2 4, 28 ; 26:19 Je 11: 3; 17:5 ; 20:14 , 15 ; 48:10 (×2) Mal 1:1 4; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֹתֶיךָ
cursed be those who wander from thy commands ψ 119:21 ( Ö ã Jer De R i),
הָאֲרוּרָה הַזֹּאת
this cursed woman
2 K 9:3
4.
•
Niph.
Pt.
נֵאָרִים
cursed
Mal 3:9
.
•
Pi.
Pf.
3
ms. sf.
אֵרֲרָהּ
curse, lay under a curse
Gn 5:29
(
J
);
Pt.
הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים
the curse-bringing waters
Nu 5:18–27
(
P
6 times waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).
•
Hoph.
Impf.
יוּאָר
be cursed
Nu 22:6
(
E
).
•
מְאֵרָה
S
3994
TWOT
168a
GK
4423
n.f.
a
curse
Dt 28:20 Mal 2:
2;
3:9
;
cstr.
מְאֵרַת
Pr 3:3
3;
pl.
מְאֵרֹות
Pr 28:2
7.
אֲרָרִי
S
2043
GK
828
v.
הֲרָרִי
.
• אֲרָרַט S 780 TWOT 169 GK 827 n.pr .terr. Ararat ( Assyrian Urarṭu COT Gloss , cf. Lag Arm. Stud. § 100 ) — א׳ Je 51:2 7; אֲרָרָט Gn 8:4 + 3 times—a district in Eastern Armenia between the river Araxes & lakes Van & Oroomiah, cf. KGF; to this prob. ref. in 2 K 19:37 = Is 37:38 אֶרֶץ א׳ ; also Gn 8:4 הָרֵי א׳ , where the ark rested; used perhaps with wider ref. Je 51:27 מַמְלְכֹות א׳ ( || מִנִּי , אַשְׁכְּנַז ).
ms. masculine singular. pass. passive.
Ri E. Riehm.