Nakedness Exposure

עֶרְוָה54 n.f. nakedness, pudenda;—abs. ע׳ Ex 28:42 Lv 18:6; usually cstr. עֶרְוַת Gn 9:22 +, sf. עֶרְוָתְֽךָ Ex 20:23 (Ginsb), Lv 18:10; עֶרְוָתֵךְ Is 47:3 +; -תוֹ Lv 20:17, -תָהּ 18:7 +; sf. 3 fpl. עֶרְוָתָן v 9, 10;— 1. pudenda, of man, רָאָה ע׳ implying shameful exposure Gn 9:22, 23 (J); mostly of woman: fig. of Jerus. (c. רָאָה) La 1:8; Ez 16:37; usually c. גלה: lit. תִּגָּלֶה ע׳ i.e. be exposed to view Ex 20:23 (Ginsb; van d. H. v 26; E), so, as shameful punishment, fig. of Egypt Is 20:4 (gloss according to Du Che Di-Kit), Bab. 47:3, of Jerus. Ez 16:37; 23:10, 29 (עֶרְוַת זְנוּנַיִךְ; all three obj. of act. vb.); chiefly euphem. for cohabit., גִּלָּה ע׳ Lv 18:6 + (v. גלה Pi. 1 a); fig. of Jerus. (vb. pass.) Ez 16:36; רָאָה ע׳ in same meaning Lv 20:17(×2) (H; of both sexes); ע׳ also 18:8, 10, 16 (H); כִּסָּה ע׳ cover nakedness Gn 9:23 (J), Ex 28:42 (P; בְּשַׂר ע׳), Ho 2:11 (fig. of Isr.), Ez 16:8 (of Jerus.); reviling words are לְבֹשֶׁת ע׳ אִמֶּ֑ךָ 1 S 20:30 (cf. DoughtyArab. Deserta i. 269). 2. עֶרְוַת דָּבָר nakedness of a thing, i.e. prob. indecency, improper behaviour Dt 23:15; 24:1 (v. Dr). 3. fig. ע׳ הָאָרֶץ Gn 42:9, 12 (E), i.e. its exposed, undefended parts (Arabic عَوْرَةٌ).

† עֵירֹם, עֵרֹם adj. and n.[m.] 1. naked; 2. nakedness ( √ עור Ew 423, 426 Ges§ 85 t Sta§§ 295, 327 a; > √ ערם (not Heb. in this sense) BaNB § 27 g Köii. 84, 120);—abs. עֵירֹם Gn 3:10, 11 + 4 times, עֵרֹם Ez 16:7 + 2 times Ez; pl. עֵירֻמִּים Gn 3:7;— 1. adj. naked Gn 3:7, 10, 11 (all pred.); as subst. concr. Ez 18:7, 16. 2. n.abstr. nakedness Dt 28:48; ע׳ וְעֶרְיָה nakedness and bareness (= naked and bare, of personified Jerusalem), Ez 16:7, 22, 39; 23:29.

γυμνότης, ητος, ἡ, nakedness, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ __2 bare statement, τῶν προτάσεων Refs 1st c.BC+

† [מָעוֹר] n.[m.] nakedness, pudendum;—only pl. sf. מְעוֹרֵיהֶם Hb 2:15.