Aramaic word · H6146

עָר

le'arayikh

foe

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

enemy, adversary, foe

Aramaic of ar (עָר "enemy" H6145)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 4:19 לְעָרָֽךְ׃ [be] for adversaries your

    For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!

    Here: 'For your foes'. This is a rare word, found only here in biblical Aramaic. It makes a pair with 'haters' and completes the formula that pushes the bad omen away from the king.

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