אֲרוֺן, with article הָאָרוֺן, הָאָרֹן203 noun masculine[Exod 35:12] (feminine[1Sam 4:17]; [2Chr 8:11]) chest, ark (Phoenician ארן, sarcophagus, Assyrian êrênu (& êrû) chest ZimBP 6, 22, Arabic , chest, so Aramaic , also Nabataean ארנא, Vogp. 102, Phoenician; Mishna also plural ארונות) — only singular; absolute אֲרוֺן [2Kgs 12:10] = [2Chr 24:8] with article הָאָרוֺן [Deut 10:2] + always except Exodus Leviticus Numbers where הָאָרֹן ([Exod 25:14] (twice in verse) + 13 t. Exodus; [Lev 16:2]; [Num 3:31]; [Num 10:35]); construct אֲרוֺן[Exod 25:10] +, אֲרֹן [Exod 30:6]; [Num 4:5]; [Num 7:89] —
1. chest, for money-offerings [2Kgs 12:10]; [2Kgs 12:11]; [2Chr 24:8]; [2Chr 24:10]; [2Chr 24:11] (twice in verse).
2. sarcophagus, mummy-case of Joseph [Gen 50:26] (E).
3. chest, ark in tabernacle & temple, containing tables of law, with cherubim above, the especially seat of ׳י among his people, only Hexateuch (71 t.) Samuel (61 t.) Kings (12 t.) & Chronicles (48 t.) + [Judg 20:27]; [Jer 3:16]; [Ps 132:8] used alone & in various combinations (compare SeyringZAW 1891, 114 f.).
\ \ a. indefinite אֲרוֺן עֲצֵי שִׁטִּים an ark of shittim-wood [Exod 25:10]; [Deut 10:3] compare v[Deut 10:1].
\ \ b. def. ׳הָא [Exod 25:14] + 54 t. (Hexateuch P, except Joshua J E; Samuel Kings Chronicles).
\ \ c. יהוה ׳א [Josh 4:11] + 32 t. Joshua (J E D) Samuel Kings Chronicles.
\ \ d. ׳א אֱלֹהִים [1Sam 3:3]; [1Sam 4:11] הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א[1Sam 4:13] + 32 t. Samuel, Chronicles (but [1Sam 14:18] (twice in verse) read הָאֵפוֺד ᵐ5 We Dr), compare אֱלֹהֵינוּ ׳א [1Chr 13:3].
\ \ e. אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א [1Sam 5:7] + 6 t. Samuel, term used only by Philistines; יהוה אלהי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א [1Chr 15:12]; [1Chr 15:14] יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם ׳א [Josh 4:5] (JE); ׳א אֲדֹנָי יהוה [1Kgs 2:26] יחוה אֲדוֺן כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳א [Josh 3:13] (J E D) compare אדון כלהֿארץ [הברית] ׳א v[Josh 3:11], where הברית (with article) is probably interpolated, see Di; only once & late the long phrase האלהים יהוה יוֺשֵׁב ׳א הַכְּרוּבִים אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָאשֵֿׁם [1Chr 13:6]. feminine in combination with בְּרִית, largely D & under D's influence; ארון הַבְּרִית ark of the covenant [Josh 3:6] (twice in verse); [Josh 3:8]; [Josh 4:9]; [Josh 6:6] (all J E D); בְּרִית יהוה ׳א [Num 10:33]; [Num 14:44] (both J) [Deut 10:8]; [Deut 31:9]; [Deut 31:25]; [Josh 4:7]; [Josh 4:18]; [Josh 6:8]; [Josh 8:33]; [Jer 3:16] + 17 t. Samuel Kings Chronicles; once longer צְבָאוֺת ישֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים ׳בְּרִית י ׳א [1Sam 4:4] also בְּרִית הָאֱלֹהִים ׳א [Judg 20:27]; [1Sam 4:4]; [2Sam 15:24]; [1Chr 16:6] & אלהיכם ׳בְּרִית א ׳א [Deut 31:26]; [Josh 3:3].
\ \ g. אֲרוֺן הָעֵדוּת ark of the testimony, only in P, corresponding to בְּרִית ׳א (compare Di on [Exod 25:16]), [Exod 25:22] + 8 t. Exodus; [Num 4:5]; [Num 7:84]; [Josh 4:16].
\ \ h. הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳א [2Chr 35:3].
\ \ i. עֻזֶּךָ֑ ׳א the ark of thy strength [2Chr 6:41]; [Ps 132:8]. — (compare also tables given by Seyringl.c. & his theory as to earliest designation of ark.)
אַרְנֶ֫בֶת see אנב.
ארניה see אֲרַוְנָה.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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