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אֲרַוְנָה

𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄

Aravenah

H728 noun

SILEX Entry

Root uncertain uncertain; proper name, identity designation

Definition

A personal name referring to a Jebusite man who owned a threshing floor in Jerusalem during the time of King David. The name appears with several orthographical variations (Araunah, Ornan, Arnijah) in the Masoretic Text, but consistently refers to the same individual. Used exclusively as a proper name in biblical texts, most notably in the narrative relating to David's purchase of a threshing floor for use as an altar.

Semantic Range

proper name of a Jebusite individual, owner's name for a threshing floor in Jerusalem, person referenced in the context of King David's actions

Root / Etymology

Root/Etymology uncertain; the name's connection to any Hebrew root is debated, and it may be of non-Hebrew (likely Jebusite/Canaanite) origin. Lexical tradition attempts to relate it to the root ארן or similar roots meaning 'to shout' or possibly 'to be strong,' but these suggestions lack solid linguistic evidence. The orthographic variations arise from copyist adaptation and transmission of a non-Israelite name within the Israelite tradition.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name אֲרַוְנָה appears in accounts of David's census and subsequent purchase of a threshing floor on Mount Moriah (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21), a narrative foundational to later Israelite and Judean traditions regarding the temple mount. The individual identified with this name is consistently called a 'Jebusite,' marking his ethnic and possibly social identity as a pre-Israelite inhabitant of Jerusalem. The form Ornan (אָרְנָן) appears in Chronicles, likely a result of scribal adaptation to Hebrew morphology or orthographical conventions. Later English translations, including the KJV, often render the name as 'Araunah,' which may obscure the likely foreign origin of the name and the identity of its bearer. The term is not used in any sense except as a personal name and does not denote an ethnic, geographic, or religious category. The variety of forms reflects not semantic but orthographic and transcriptional variation in the textual tradition.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or (by transposition) אוֹרְנָה; or אַרְנִיָּהlemma אַנִיָּה missing resh, corrected to אַרְנִיָּה; all by orthographical variation for אׇרְנָן; Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah), a Jebusite; Araunah.

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Root Family

uncertain (uncertain) — proper name, identity designation

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1085 בִּלְדַּד Bildad
H1095 בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר Belteshatsar
H1114 בִּלְשָׁן Bilshan
H1150 בִּנְעָא Bin'a
H116 אֱדַיִן and then

Word Forms

4 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H728-01 אֲרַ֥וְנָה aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah 8
H728-02 הָ/אֲרַ֥וְנָה haaravenah HTd/Np Araunah Araunah 1
H728-04 ארניה rnyh HNp Araunah Arnijah 1
H728-03 ה/אורנה hvrnh HTd/Np of Araunah the Araunah 1

Occurrences in Scripture

11 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H728-03 2 Samuel 24:16 ה/אורנה hvrnh HTd/Np of Araunah the Araunah
H728-02 2 Samuel 24:16 הָ/אֲרַ֥וְנָה haaravenah HTd/Np Araunah Araunah
H728-04 2 Samuel 24:18 ארניה rnyh HNp Araunah Arnijah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:18 אֲרַ֥וְנָה aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:20 אֲרַ֗וְנָה aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:20 אֲרַ֔וְנָה aravenah-2 HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:21 אֲרַ֔וְנָה aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:22 אֲרַ֨וְנָה֙ aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:23 אֲרַ֥וְנָה aravenah HNp Araunah Araunah
H728-01 2 Samuel 24:23 אֲרַ֨וְנָה֙ aravenah-2 HNp Araunah Araunah
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