עורלה

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ל (ʿ-r-l)
2 terms

Noun

עורלה / עָרְלָה • (orlá) f (plural indefinite עורלות, singular construct עורלת / עָרְלַת־, plural construct עורלות־) [pattern: קֻטְלָה]

  1. (anatomy) foreskin (also metaphorical)
    • Tanach, Genesis 34:14, with Young's Literal Translation:
      וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לָתֵת אֶת־אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ עָרְלָה כִּי־חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָנוּ׃
      vayómer 'alehém ló nukhál la'asót hadavár hazé latét et-akhoténu l'ísh asher-ló orlá ki-kherpá hí lánu.
      and say unto them, ‘We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 10:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עָרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם וְעָרְפְּכֶם לֹא תַקְשׁוּ עוֹד׃
      umaltém ét orlát l'vav'khém v'orp'khém ló takshú 'ód.
      Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
  2. (uncountable, Judaism) fruit that grows within three years of the transplanting of its tree

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: ערלה (orle)

References

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