STRONGS NUMBER H781


Word Summary
aras: to betroth
Original Word: אָרַשׂ
Transliteration: aras
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-ras')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to betroth
Meaning: to engage for, matrimony
Strong's Concordance
betroth, espouse

A primitive root; to engage for matrimony -- betroth, espouse.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H781. aras

[אָרַשׂ‎] verb betroth (Mishna ארס‎, Phoenician ארש‎ in proper name, LagSem i. 50 connects with Arabic a fine, literally pay the price, & so gain the right of possession; compare Aramaic אָרִיסone who farms land; Assyrian mirsu, tribute, ZehnpfBAS i. 518) — only

Pi`el Pu`al; Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular אֵרֵשׂDeuteronomy 20:7; אֵרַשְׂתִּי2 Samuel 3:14; suffix אֵרַשְׂתִּיךְHosea 2:21 (twice in verse); 2:22; Imperfect2masculine singular תְּאָרֵשׂDeuteronomy 28:30; — betroth (subject man) object woman, אִשָּׁה20:7; 28:30; followed by ב‎ of price paid to father & ל‎ of husband 2 Samuel 3:14; ב‎ of gift to bride & ל‎ of husband Hosea 2:21; 2:22, where figurative of Yahweh's covenant mercy to Israel.

Pu`al Perfect3feminine singular אֹרָ֑שָׂהbe betrothed, with לֹא‎, subject בְּתוּלָהExodus 22:15; Deuteronomy 22:28 (בתולה נער‎); Participle feminine מְאֹרָשָׂה22:23, where affirmed of בתולה נער‎ (followed by ל‎ of husband) 22:25; 22:27 (in both subject הַנַּעֲרָ֯‎).

ארשׁ‎ (to desire, request, Assyrian êrêšu DlPr 55).