*ארז, *ארז (√אר, v. ארר; cmp. חרז) 1) to penetrate deeply, to take deep root. —2) to be prickly, dry, hard. Sabb. 155ᵃ זירין דאַרְזֵי Zirin are called bundles of twigs which are hard. Ib. כיפין דא׳; [oth. opin., v. אַרְזָא]. Denom. אוּרְזָא, אָרוּזָא, a. next ws.