עָרִיץ adjective awe-inspiring, terror-striking; — ׳ע of ׳י, כְּגִבּוֺר עָרִיץ [Jer 20:11] plural as substantive עָרִיצִים, in bad sense of formidable adversaries, personal, [Jer 15:21] (|| רָעִים), [Job 6:23] (|| צָר), and national, [Ps 54:5] (|| זָרִים), = ׳עֲדַת ע [Ps 86:14] (|| זֵדִים), ׳הֲמוֺן ע [Isa 29:5] (|| זָרָ֑יִח); especially of Chaldeans [Isa 13:11], construct עָרִצֵי גוֺיִם most terrifying of the nations [Ezek 28:7] (|| זָרִים) [Ezek 30:11]; [Ezek 31:12] (|| זָרִים), [Ezek 32:12] so (probably) singular עָרִיץ [Isa 49:25] (read ׳ע also for צַדִּיק v[Isa 49:24], so Lo Ew Che Gr and others); without specific reference גּוֺיִם עָרִיצִים [Isa 25:3] awe-inspiring nations (Du Che take ׳ע as substantive), ׳רִוּחַ ע v[Isa 25:4] (strike out as gloss Di and others), ׳זְמִיר ע v[Isa 25:5] (strike out verse as gloss Du Che); late, of wicked in general, as ruthless ׳רָאִיתִי רָשָׁע ע [Ps 37:35] I have seen a wicked man ruthless; as substantive, [Isa 29:20] (|| לֵץ), [Job 15:20] (|| רשׁע), plural [Job 27:13] (|| id.), [Prov 11:16] read also עָרִיצִ(יםׅ [Isa 11:4] (for ᵑ0 אֶרֶץ), so Che BrMP Du Gr and others (|| רָשָׁע).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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