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Aara

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(ארא ), a factitious term used by the Rabbins (Lex. Talm. Aruch, s.v.) as an example of a word beginning with two X's, like AAZRAK (See AAZRAK) (q.v.). In the Talmud, according to Buxtorf (Lex. Talm. Colossians 2:1-23), it is written Avera (אֲוֵירָא ), perhaps only a singular Chaldaic form of the plural URIM (See URIM) (q.v.), light.