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Strong's #779 - אָרַר
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- to curse
- (Qal)
- to curse
- cursed be he (participle used as in curses)
- (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed
- 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on
- (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed
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1457) rr (רר RR) AC: Flow CO: Spit AB: Curse
C) rra (ארר ARR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Curse: One shows a cursing by spitting.
V) rra (ארר ARR) - Curse: KJV (63): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hophal, Piel) curse - Strongs: H779 (אָרַר)
kf1) erram (מאררה MARRH) - Curse: [df: hram] KJV (5): curse, cursing - Strongs: H3994 (מְאֵרָה)
J) rfr (רור RWR) AC: Flow CO: ? AB: ?: The flowing of a liquid.
V) rfr (רור RWR) - Flow: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) run - Strongs: H7325 (רוּר)
M) rir (ריר RYR) AC: ? CO: Spit AB: ?
Nm ) rir (ריר RYR) - Slime: The slime of spit or an egg white. KJV (2): spittle, white - Strongs: H7388 (רִיר)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, אָרוֺתִיהָ Malachi 2:2; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תָּאֹר Exodus 22:27; Numbers 22:6,12; אָאֹר Genesis 12:3; Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Numbers 22:6; Numbers 23:7; אוֺרוּ, אֹרוּ & Infinitive absolute אָרוֺר all Judges 5:23; Participle אֹרֲרֵי Job 3:8; אֹרֲרֶיךָ Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9; אָרוּר Genesis 3:14 36t. etc.; — curse "" בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29 (J) Numbers 22:6,12; Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:9 (E) Exodus 22:27 (E) Malachi 2:2; אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judges 5:23; אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, "" בָּרוּךְ Genesis 3:14,17; Genesis 4:11; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:7; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:9 (E, poetry) Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Judges 21:18; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 26:29; Jeremiah 11:3; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 20:14,15; Jeremiah 48:10 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:14; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Psalm 119:21 (ᵐ5ᵑ6 Jerome De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת this cursed woman 2 Kings 9:34.
Niph`al Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Malachi 3:9.
Pi`el 3 masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Genesis 5:29 (J); Participle הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים the curse-bringing waters Numbers 5:18-27 (P 6t. waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).
Hoph`al Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Numbers 22:6 (E).
אָרַר fut. יָאֹר, imp. אוֹרוֹ Judges 5:23 with ה parag. אָרָה Numbers 22:6, to curse. (To this answers the Arab. هَرَّ to abhor, to detest, and still more Gr. ἀρά, ἀράομαι.) Const. followed by an acc. Numbers 22:6, 23:7 Malachi 2:2 Jud. loc. cit.; Job 3:8, אֹרְרֵי יוֹם “those who curse the day,” a kind of enchanters who were supposed to render days unfortunate by their imprecations; Genesis 3:14, “thou art cursed above all cattle,” i.e. all animals shall shun thee as an accursed beast. [This explanation is wholly unsuitable.] Deuteronomy 27:15, seq; 28:16, seq.
Niphal, pass. part. נֵאָרִים Malachi 3:9.
Piel, אֵרַר part. מְאָרֵר
(1) i.q. Kal, Genesis 5:29.
(2) to cause, or produce a curse. Numbers 5:22, הַמַּיִם הַמְאָֽרְרִים the waters which when drank, would destroy the adulterous and perjured woman.
Hophal, fut. יוּאַר; pass. Numbers 22:6. Derivative מְאֵרָה.