עָרַרʻârar
strip oneself, (|| form of ערה, II.
Pronunciation: aw-rar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6209
Meanings
עור)
Po`: they have laid bare, her palaces (Isaiah 23:13)
Hithpalpel: compare ערה Pi`el 1 (Jeremiah 51:58)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 23:13 Look at the land of Babylonia— the people of that land are gone! The Assyrians have handed Babylon over to the wild animals of the desert. They have built siege ramps against its walls, torn down its palaces, and turned it to a heap of rubble.
- Isaiah 32:11 Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your complacency. Strip off your pretty clothes, and put on burlap to show your grief.
- Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground, and her massive gates will be burned. The builders from many lands have worked in vain, for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
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).