ארון

See also: אָרון

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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 BCE, Genesis 50:26, with translation of the King James Version:
      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

Anagrams


Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew ארון (arón).

Noun

ארון m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling arón, plural ארונות)

  1. grave

Yiddish

Noun

ארון (orn) m

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