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עֶרְוָה54 noun feminine nakedness, pudenda; — absolute ׳ ע Exod 28:42; Lev 18:6 usually construct עֶרְוַת Gen 9:22 +, suffix עֶרְוָתְךָ Exod 20:23 ( Ginsb), Lev 18:10 עֶרְוָתֵךְ Isa 47:3 +; ת֯וֺ Lev 20:17, תָ֯הּ Lev 18:7 +; suffix 3 feminine plural עֶרְוָתָן Lev 18:9 Lev 18:10 —
1.
pudenda, of man ׳
רָאָה ע implying shameful exposure Gen 9:22; Gen 9:23 (
J
); mostly of woman: figurative of Jerusalem (with רָאָה) Lam 1:3; Ezek 16:37 usually with ׃
נלה literal ׳
תִּגָּלֶה ע i.e. be exposed to view Exod 20:23 (Ginsb;
van d. H. Exod 20:26
E
), so, as shameful punishment, figurative of Egypt Isa 20:4 (gloss according to
Du
Che
Di-Kit), Babylonian Isa 47:3, of Jerusalem Ezek 16:37; Ezek 23:10; Ezek 23:29
(עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַיִךְ; all three object of active verb); chiefly euphemism for cohabitation,
׳
גִּלָּה ע
Lev 18:6 + (see
גלה
Pi`el
1.a.; figurative of Jerusalem (verb passive) Ezek 16:36
׳
רָאָה ע in same meaning Lev 20:17 (twice in verse) (
H
; of both sexes); ׳
ע also
Lev 18:8;
Lev 18:10;
Lev 18:16 (
H
); ׳
כִּסָּה ע
cover nakedness
Gen 9:23 (
J
),
Exod 28:42 (
P
; ׳
בְּשַׂר ע), Hos 2:11 (figurative of Israel), Ezek 16:8 (of Jerusalem); reviling words are
אִמֶּ֑ךָ
׳
לְבשֶׁת ע
1Sam 20:30
(compare DoughtyArab. Deserta i. 269).
2.
עֶרְוַת דָּבָר
nakedness of a thing, i.e. probably indecency, improper
behaviour
Deut 23:15;
Deut 24:1 (see Dr).
3.
figurative
הָאָרֶץ
׳
ע
Gen 42:9;
Gen 42:12
(
E
), i.e. its exposed, undefended parts (Arabic
[untranscribed source text 4070]).