עָרֵל

עָרֵלm. (b. h.; v. עָרְלָה) (covered, uncircumcised; gentile. Mekh. Bo s. 15 (ref. to Ex. 12:43) אבל ישראל ע׳ שומעוכ׳ I might deduce from this that an uncircumcised Israelite may pertake of the Passover lamb; Pes.96a אבל ע׳ דלבו לשמים but an uncircumcised Israelite whose heart is directed towards heaven (and who remained Uncircumcised, because his older brothers had died from circumcision). Yeb.VIII, 1 הע׳ וכלוכ׳ an uncircumcised priest, and all unclean persons must not eat Trumah. Tosef.Ḥull.I, 1 אפי׳ ע׳ even an uncircumcised Israelite; Ḥull.5a האי ע׳ היכיוכ׳ what is meant by this ʿarel? Do you mean an Israelite whose brothers died from circumcision? Pes.92a ע׳ נכרי an uncircumcised gentile (a proselyte that was circumcised on the eve of Passover); ע׳ ישראל an Israelite that was circumcised on the eve of Passover; a. fr.Y.Shebi.VII, end, 37c חוץ מן הערל, read: העֲדָל.Pl. עֲרֵלִים. Mekh. l. c. עבדים ע׳ (not וע׳) uncircumcised slaves. Ned.III, 11 קונם … לע׳ מותר בעַרְלֵי ישראל he who vows that he will not receive any benefits from uncircumcised persons, is permitted benefits from uncircumcised Israelites, and forbidden benefits from circumcised gentiles (the word ʿărelim being meant only for non-Jews; v. עָרְלָה); a. fr.