aruga · bed (of a garden)

What it means

aruga (עֲרוּגָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bed (of a garden)”.

A raised bed in a garden.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A plot in a garden for sowing.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• beds ×3
• are like a garden bed ×1

Where it appears

• Song of Songs×2
• Ezekiel×2

• Song of Songs 5:13

  His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.

• Song of Songs 6:2

  My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden beds of balsam, to pasture in the gardens and to gather lilies.

• Ezekiel 17:7

  And there was another great eagle, great of wings and full of feathers; and look, this vine bent its roots toward it, and sent out its branches toward it, so that it might water it, from the beds of its planting.

• Ezekiel 17:10

  And look, it is planted; will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind touches it? On the beds of its sprouting it will wither.’”