עורלה
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Hebrew
| Root |
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| ע־ר־ל (ʿ-r-l) |
Noun
עורלה / עָרְלָה • (orlá) f (plural indefinite עורלות, singular construct עורלת / עָרְלַת־, plural construct עורלות־)
- (anatomy) foreskin (also metaphorical)
- Tanach, Genesis 34:14, with Young's Literal Translation:
- וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לָתֵת אֶת־אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ עָרְלָה כִּי־חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָנוּ׃
- vayómer 'alehém ló nukhál la'asót hadavár hazé latét et-akhoténu l'ísh asher-ló orlá ki-kherpá hí lánu.
- and say unto them, ‘We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it a reproach to us.
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 10:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם וְעָרְפְּכֶם לֹא תַקְשׁוּ עוֹד׃
- umaltém ét orlát l'vav'khém v'orp'khém ló takshú 'ód.
- Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
- (uncountable, Judaism) fruit that grows within three years of the transplanting of its tree
Descendants
- → Yiddish: ערלה (orle)