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title: עָרַג — long for · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָרַג (6165), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: long for. BDB 1906: vb. long. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָרַג

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«עָרַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **long for** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6165 · **BDB:** עָרַג

### Glosses

it.pants (2); \[which\].it.pants (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

long for [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6165/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6165/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. long for (cf. Arabic عَرَجَ ascend, ii. bend, incline toward (على); عَرِيجٌ high, elevated; Ethiopic ዐርገ ascend; NH עֲרוּגָה = BH);— Impf. 3 fs. תַּעֲרֹג ψ 42:2 (of stag, c. עַל rei in sim.); c. אֶל, of longing for God v 2 (subj. נַפְשִׁי), so תַּעֲרוֹג Jo 1:20 (of beasts, craving water).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָרַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6165/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 42:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.42.2/)

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כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* like a.deer \[which\].it.pants towards channels of.water so being my it.pants to you O.God

*JPS 1917:* As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.

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[Joel 1:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.20/)

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גַּם־בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדֶ֖ה תַּעֲר֣וֹג אֵלֶ֑יךָ כִּ֤י יָֽבְשׁוּ֙ אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֔יִם וְאֵ֕שׁ אָכְלָ֖ה נְא֥וֹת הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* also \[the\].animals of.\[the\].field it.pants to you (dm) they.have.dried.up \[the\].channels of.water and fire it.has.consumed the.pastures of the.wilderness

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto Thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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