ăr, an old form for ad; v. ad init.
AR[MOABITIS.] ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
·conj Ere; before. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
awakening; uncovering ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(a city), or Ar of Moab, one of the chief places of Moab. (Numbers 21:28; Isaiah 15:1) In later time...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary