Lexicon
אָרָה
a.rah
H0717
H:V Hebrew

to pluck

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.rah describes plucking or stripping something away, in gathering myrrh and in damage to a cultivated object.

The attested uses depict taking or stripping something: in Song of Songs 5:1 it occurs in an invitation to gather myrrh, while in Psalm 80:13 it stands in a clause the APB renders as damage done to an object.

Senses in use

  1. Plucking, gathering, or stripping away · dominant

    In Song of Songs 5:1, the first-person singular perfect form occurs in the garden invitation; the APB renders the clause, “Gather myrrh with spice.” In Psalm 80:13, the third-person common plural sequential perfect form occurs in the clause about the forest boar, which the APB renders, “The boar from the forest ravages it.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The translation presents the two clauses with different contextual wording: “Gather myrrh with spice” in Song of Songs 5:1 and “ravages it” in Psalm 80:13. These phrases show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.

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