ארון

See also: אָרון

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ר־ן (ʾ-r-n)

From Proto-Semitic *ʾarān- or *ʾirān-. Cognate to Phoenician 𐤀𐤓𐤍 (ʾrn).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈroːn/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔːˈroːn/, [ʔɔˑˈʀoː.on]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈrøn/, [ʔɔːˈrøːn]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɒˈron/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈʁ̞ojn/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈʁ̞on/

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Noun

אָרוֹן • (arón) m (plural indefinite אֲרוֹנוֹת, singular construct אֲרוֹן־)

1. A cupboard, closet, cabinet, or similar piece of furniture.

   איפה ארון הספרים? ― éifo arón ha-s'farím? ― Where is the bookcase?

2. A coffin or casket.
   • Tanach, Genesis 50:26, with translation of the King James Version:

     וַיָּמָת יוֹסֵף בֶּן־מֵאָה וָעֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וַיַּחַנְטוּ אֹתוֹ וַיִּישֶׂם בָּאָרוֹן בְּמִצְרָיִם׃

     vayamót yoséf ben me'á va'éser shaním vayakhántu otú vayisém ba'arón b'mitzráyim.

     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 junior officer ranks (with more bars indicating a higher rank).

   המפקדת שלי קצינה עם שני ארונות, היא סגן.

   ham'fakédet shelí k'tziná im shné aronót, hi ségen.

   My commander is an officer who has two ‘closets’, she’s a lieutenant.

4. (slang, in definite forms) The metaphorical closet in which persons who are secretly LGBT 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

• אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית (arón habrít, “Ark of the Covenant”)
• אֲרוֹן סְפָרים (arón sfarím)
• ארון קודש / אֲרוֹן קֹדֶשׁ (arón kódesh)
• חֲדַר אֲרוֹנוֹת (khadár aronót)
• יָצָא מֵהָאָרוֹן (yatsá meha'arón)

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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).