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arar, aroer. These words are supposed to refer to the Arabic Arar, which is a juniper (the Juniperus sabina). It grows on the rocks even to their summits in most sterile soil. It stands therefore as a fit emblem of the man who "maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord." Jer. 17: 6. Moab also, under the judgement of God, is compared to 'the heath in the wilderness.' Jer. 48: 6. The Juniperus communis is another species.