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Deuteronomy 28:16

“Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אָרַרʼârar · aw-rar'
H779 · Hebrew
Definition
to execrate
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
[idiom] bitterly curse.
Grammar
  • אָר֥וּר — verb Qal, passive participle, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HVqsmsa
Usage
Occurs 63 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:14Genesis 3:17Genesis 4:11Genesis 5:29Genesis 9:25

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.