אָרוֹן
Meanings
Masculine noun
1. cupboard, closet, cabinet, or similar piece of furniture
2. coffin or casket
3. stripe (one of the bars on the shoulders of Israeli military uniforms to indicate junior officer ranks (with more bars indicating a higher rank)) (military slang, slang)
4. closet (the metaphorical closet in which persons who are secretly LGBT are imagined to reside) (slang, in definite forms)
Pronunciation
arón
Examples59
הַמְּפַקֶּדֶת שֶׁלִּי קצינה עִם שְׁנֵי אֲרוֹנוֹת, הִיא סֶגֶן.
My commander is an officer who has two ‘closets’, she’s a lieutenant.
מרי יצאה מֵהָאָרוֹן בעֲבוֹדָה.
Mary came out of the closet at work.
שִׂים אֵת הַסְּפָרִים באָרוֹן.
Put the books in the bookcase.
וְשַׂמְתֶּם באָרוֹן
and thou shalt put them in the ark
תּוֹם חִפֵּשׂ בְּתוֹךְ הָאָרוֹן.
Tom searched inside the closet.
טום לֹא יוֹצֵא מֵהָאָרוֹן.
Tom is a closet case.