H6166A

עֲרָד

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Arad

§ Arad = "a wild ass" a royal city of the Canaanites north of the wilderness of Judah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[עָרַג] verb long for (compare Arabic ascend, II. bend, incline toward (); high, elevated; Ethiopic ascend; Late Hebrew עֲרוּגָה = Biblical Hebrew); —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular תַּעֲרֹג Ps 42:2 (of stag, with עַל of thing in simile); with אֶל, of longing for God vPs 42:2 (subject נַפְשִׁי), so תַּעֲרוֺג Joel 1:20 (of beasts, craving water).

I. עֲרָד proper name, of a location Canaanite city in the Negeb, Αραδ (Egyptian ±a-ru-dâ WMM^{As.u.Eur.168,170}); — Judg 1:16, ׳מֶלֶחעֿ Num 21:1 (JE) = Num 33:40, Josh 12:14 (D, Α(ι)ραθ, A ᵐ5^L Αδερ); probably modern Tel Arad, 16 1/2 miles south of Hebron; compare GFM^{Judg 1:16} Buhl^{Geogr. 182}.

II. עֲרָד proper name, masculine Benjamite 1Chr 8:15, Ωρηρ, A Αρωδ, ᵐ5^L Αραδ.

4 occurrences

Numbers (2), Joshua (1), Judges (1)