ארור

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Hebrew

Root
א־ר־ר (ʾ-r-r)

Adjective

אָרוּר (arúr) (feminine אֲרוּרָה, masculine plural אֲרוּרִים, feminine plural אֲרוּרוֹת)

  1. cursed, damned
    • 1903, Hayim Nahman Bialik, On the Slaughter 22–25:
      וְאָרוּר הָאוֹמֵר: נְקֹם! \ נְקָמָה כָזֹאת, נִקְמַת דַּם יֶלֶד קָטָן \ עוֹד לֹא-בָרָא הַשָּׂטָן – \ וְיִקֹּב הַדָּם אֶת-הַתְּהוֹם!
      And cursed is the who says: avenge! / Such vengeance, vengeance of blood of a small child / The devil has not yet created – / And blood will puncture the abyss!

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