עָרֵםʻârêm
heap (Ruth 3:7; Haggai 2:16; Song of Solomon 7:3; Nehemiah 13:15; Nehemiah 3:34)
Pronunciation: aw-rame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6194
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Ruth 3:7 After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he lay down at the far end of the pile of grain and went to sleep. Then Ruth came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them up in great heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:7 They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.
- 2 Chronicles 31:8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the Lord and his people Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 31:9 “Where did all this come from?” Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
- Nehemiah 4:2 saying in front of his friends and the Samarian army officers, “What does this bunch of poor, feeble Jews think they’re doing? Do they think they can build the wall in a single day by just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they can make something of stones from a rubbish heap—and charred ones at that?”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).