אָרַר

Qal Perfect וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, אָרוֺתִיהָ Mal 2:2 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תָּאֹר Exod 22:27; Num 22:6; Num 22:12 אָאֹר Gen 12:3 Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Num 22:6; Num 23:7 אוֺרוּ, אֹרוּ & Infinitive absolute אָרוֺר all Judg 5:23 Participle אֹרֲרֵי Job 3:8 אֹרֲרֶיךָ Gen 27:29; Num 24:9 אָרוּר Gen 3:14 + 36 t. etc.; — curse || בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: Gen 12:3; Gen 27:29 (J) Num 22:6; Num 22:12; Num 23:7; Num 24:9 (E) Exod 22:27 (E) Mal 2:2 אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judg 5:23 אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, || בָּרוּךְ Gen 3:14; Gen 3:17; Gen 4:11; Gen 9:25; Gen 27:29; Gen 49:7; Num 22:12; Num 24:9 (E, poetry) Deut 27:15-26; Judg 21:18; Judg 1:24; Judg 14:28; Judg 26:29; Jer 11:3; Jer 17:5; Jer 20:14; Jer 20:15; Jer 48:10 (twice in verse); Mal 1:14 אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Ps 119:21 (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Jerome De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת this cursed woman 2Kgs 9:34. Niph`al Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Mal 3:9. Pi`el 3 masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Gen 5:29 (J); Participle הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים the curse-bringing waters Num 5:18-27 (P 6 t. waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them). Hoph`al Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Num 22:6 (E).