ארון

See also: אָרון

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ר־ן (ʾ-r-n)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Phoenician 𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʁon/

Noun

אָרוֹן • (arón) m (plural indefinite אֲרוֹנוֹת, singular construct אֲרוֹן־)

1. A cupboard, closet, cabinet, or similar piece of furniture.

   איפה ארון הספרים? ― eifo aron ha-s'farim? ― Where is the bookcase?

2. A coffin or casket.
   • c. 1000–500 B.C.E.
     Tanach, Genesis 50:26:

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     וַיָּמָת יוֹסֵף בֶּן־מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וַיַּחַנְטוּ אֹתוֹ וַיִּישֶׂם בָּאָרוֹן בְּמִצְרָיִם׃

     vayamat yosef ben-mea va'eser shanim vayakhantu oto vayisem baaron b'mitzrayim.

     So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

3. (military slang) One of the bars on the shoulders of Israeli military uniforms to indicate rank (with more bars indicating a higher rank).
4. (slang, in definite forms) The metaphorical closet in which persons who are secretly GLBT are imagined to reside (as in English).

Usage notes

• This noun is sometimes vocalized as אָרוֹן, sometimes as אֲרוֹן. In either case, its pronunciation is the same in Modern Israeli Hebrew.

Derived terms

• אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית (aron habrit, “Ark of the Covenant”)

Anagrams

• נורא

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Ladino

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew ארון (arón).

Noun

1. grave

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Yiddish

Noun

ארון • (orn) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָרון (orn).