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title: אַרְכָה — n.f. lengthening, prolonging · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַרְכָה (lemma:אַרְכָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: n.f. lengthening, prolonging. BDB 1906: n.f. lengthening, prolonging. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְכָה

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«אַרְכָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **n.f. lengthening, prolonging** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:אַרְכָה · **BDB:** אַרְכָֿה

### Glosses

a.prolonging (2)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lengthening, prolonging [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Baer Dn 4:24 K§ 54, 3. 2) n.f. a lengthening, prolonging (𝔗);—of time Dn 4:24; 7:12.

### Jastrow 1903

אַרְכָה: extension, certain time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (v. אַרְכָא II) extension, a certain time. Num. R. s. 14 (p. 259ᵃ ed. Amst.) נתן להם א׳ וכ׳ allowed them a certain time but finally punished them.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: none; Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5db_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.12/)

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וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of the.beasts they.removed dominion their and a.prolonging in life(s) it.was.given to them until a.time and a.time

*JPS 1917:* And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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[Daniel 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.24/)

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לָהֵ֣ן מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר עֲלָ֔ךְ וַחֲטָאָךְ֙ בְּצִדְקָ֣ה פְרֻ֔ק וַעֲוָיָתָ֖ךְ בְּמִחַ֣ן עֲנָ֑יִן הֵ֛ן תֶּהֱוֵ֥א אַרְכָ֖ה לִשְׁלֵוְתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* therefore O king advice my let.it.be.acceptable to you and sin your by right.doing break.off! and iniquities your by showing.mercy.to poor.people whether it.will.be a.prolonging of prosperity your

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'

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