עֵירֹם
e.rom (H5903)
naked
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# eirōm (עֵירֹם): Naked The Hebrew word *eirōm* carries the straightforward meaning of "naked" or being without clothing. With ten occurrences across the biblical text, it appears as a relatively uncommon term, suggesting it was reserved for specific contexts where the condition of nakedness carried particular weight or significance. The limited frequency of this word—appearing only ten times in the entire Hebrew Bible—indicates that biblical writers selected it deliberately rather than casually. This selectivity suggests that contexts involving nakedness were important enough to warrant explicit description, whether in accounts of vulnerability, shame, or transitional human conditions. The word functioned as a direct descriptor of a physical state without the layering of metaphorical or abstract meanings that characterize some Hebrew vocabulary. Understanding *eirōm* requires recognizing it as a simple, concrete term rooted in observable physical reality. Its rarity in biblical literature, despite the centrality of the human body in biblical narrative and law, points to the careful and purposeful use of body-related terminology in ancient Hebrew texts. The word served its basic lexical function: to name and describe a fundamental human condition when biblical writers determined such description was essential to their accounts.
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Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent ornament. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare.
In all your abominations and your prostitution you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were wallowing in your blood.
I will also give you into their hand, and they will throw down your vaulted place, and break down your lofty places. They will strip you of your clothes, and take your beautiful jewels. They will leave you naked and bare.
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
They will deal with you in hatred, and will take away all your labor, and will leave you naked and bare. The nakedness of your prostitution will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your prostitution.