עֲרוֹעֵר

«עֲרוֹעֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: juniper — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 6176 · BDB: עֲרוֹעֵר

Glosses

a.juniper.bush (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

juniper tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

juniper tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] prob. a tree or bush; juniper? (Arabic عَرْعَرٌ juniper (or cypress? v. Lane), so TristrNHB 358 RobBR ii. 124; on format. v. LagBN 162 BaNB 160);—עֲרוֹעֵר בַּמִּדְבָּר Je 48:6, + 17:6, where read prob. עֲרֹעֵר בָּעֲרָבָה (for MT עַרְעָר; > Gf al. conversely, read עַרְעָר 48:6).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עֲרוֹעֵר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Jeremiah 48:6

נֻ֖סוּ מַלְּט֣וּ נַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וְתִֽהְיֶ֕ינָה כַּעֲרוֹעֵ֖ר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Word for word: flee save life your so that.they.may.be like a.juniper.bush in the wilderness

JPS 1917: Flee, save your lives, and be like a tamarisk in the wilderness.

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