BDB715 [H699]

אֲרֻבָּה noun feminine lattice, window, sluice (Mishna id.) — ׳א Hos 13:3 plural אֲרֻבּוֺת 2Kgs 7:2 +, construct id.. Mal 3:10 אֲרֻבֹּת Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2 אֲרֻבֹּתֵיהֶם Isa 60:8 — lattice, latticed opening, where smoke escaped Hos 13:3 openings of dove-cote Isa 60:8 metaphor of eyes Eccl 12:3 (as latticed by lashes ? Hi Now; only here of opening to look through); elsewhere of sluices in sky, opened by ׳י, through which rain pours destructively, הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳א Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2, compare Isa 24:18 (מִמָּרוֺם ׳מ); but also fertilizing 2Kgs 7:2; 2Kgs 7:19 (בשׁמים ׳א); figurative of blessing Mal 3:10 (השׁמים ׳א).

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