ארון

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

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /aˈʁon/

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.
   • c. 1000–500 B.C.E., Genesis 50:26, with translation of the King James Version:

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

     vayamot yosef ben-me’a va'eser shanim vayakhantu oto vayisem baaron b'mitzrayim.

     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.‎‎

     ha-m’fakédet sheli k’tziná ‘im shnéi 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).

• This noun is sometimes vocalized as אָרוֹן, sometimes as אֲרוֹן. In either case, its pronunciation is the same in Modern Israeli Hebrew.

• אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית‎ (aron habrit, “Ark of the Covenant”)
• אֲרוֹן סְפָרים‎ (aron sfarim)
• יָצָא מֵהָאָרוֹן‎ (yatsá meha'arón)

• נורא‎

From Hebrew ארון‎ (arón).

ארון m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling arón, plural ארונות‎)

1. grave

ארון • (orn) m

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אָרון‎ (orn).