used opprobriously, denoting the Philistines and other non-Israelites ( I Samuel 14:6, 31:4; II Samuel 1:20) and used synonymously with tameh (unclean) for heathen ( Isaiah 52:1). The word arel ("uncircumcised" [singular]) is also employed for "unclean" ( Leviticus 26:41, "their uncircumcised hearts"; compare Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7,9); it is even