Lexicon
מָעוֹר
ma.or
H4589
H:N-M Hebrew

nakedness

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ma.or denotes the exposed state viewed after a neighbor is made drunk.

The attested use denotes exposed nakedness as the object of an onlooker’s gaze after a neighbor is made drunk in Habakkuk 2:15.

Senses in use

  1. Exposed nakedness viewed by another · dominant

    In Habakkuk 2:15, the construct plural form occurs in the purpose clause following giving a neighbor drink and making that person drunk; the APB renders the clause “so that you may gaze on their nakedness.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Habakkuk 2:15, the APB presents the clause as “so that you may gaze on their nakedness,”.

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