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title: אֲרוּכָה — healing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרוּכָה (724), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: healing. BDB 1906: n.f. healing restoration. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרוּכָה

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«אֲרוּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **healing** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 724 · **BDB:** אֲרוּכָה

### Glosses

healing (3); \[the\].repair (2); the.healing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

healing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/724/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. healing restoration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/724/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. healing of a wound, restoration (properly the new flesh that grows at the wounded spot, Arabic أَرِيكَةٌ; Fi JPh. xiii. 114–6, so Fl De on Is 58:8; v. also Di)—א׳ 2 Ch 24:13; Ne 4:1; אֲרֻכָה Je 30:17; 33:6; cstr. אֲרֻכַת Je 8:22; אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ Is 58:8;—always fig. healing, restoration of Israel Is 58:8, here c. vb. צָמַח, elsewhere c. עָלָה; Je 8:22 (‖ רָפָא), c. עָלָה Hiph., subj. י׳, 30:17; 33:6 (‖ id.) restoration of walls of temple 2 Ch 24:13, of walls of Jerusalem (cf. Fi supr.) Ne 4:1 (both c. עלה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרוּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/724/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.8.22/)

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הַצֳרִי֙ אֵ֣ין בְּגִלְעָ֔ד אִם־רֹפֵ֖א אֵ֣ין שָׁ֑ם כִּ֗י מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א עָֽלְתָ֔ה אֲרֻכַ֖ת בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* ? balm \[is\].there.not in Gilead or? a.physician \[is\].there.not there (dm) why? not has.it.come.up the.healing of.the.daughter my.people my

*JPS 1917:* Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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[Jeremiah 33:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.33.6/)

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הִנְנִ֧י מַעֲלֶה־לָּ֛הּ אֲרֻכָ֥ה וּמַרְפֵּ֖א וּרְפָאתִ֑ים וְגִלֵּיתִ֣י לָהֶ֔ם עֲתֶ֥רֶת שָׁל֖וֹם וֶאֱמֶֽת׃

*Word for word:* here I \[will\].bring.up for it healing and healing and I will.heal.them and I.will.uncover to them an.abundance of.well-being and faithfulness

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I will bring it healing and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

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