H4626

מַעַר

ma.arH:N-M

nakedness

1) bare, naked place, nakedness 1a) bare place 1b) nakedness, pudenda (exposed in punishment)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[מַעֲרֶה], מַ֫עַר noun [masculine] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to Lewy^{Fremdw. 144}); —

1. bare place, or space: construct מִמַּעֲרִהגָּֿ֑בַע Judg 20:33 bare (open) space of Geba' (si vera 1.; but see II. מַעֲרָב); כְּמַעַראִֿישׁ 1Kgs 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, see לוּחַ).

2. suffix מַעְרֵח Nah 3:5 figurative of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; compare עֶרְוָה).

1 occurrence

Nahum 3:5