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title: אָרַח — wander · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרַח (732), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: wander. BDB 1906: vb. wander, journey, go. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרַח

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«אָרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wander** — 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:** 732 · **BDB:** אָרַח

### Glosses

a.traveler (1); he.travels (1); of.travelers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wander [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. wander, journey, go [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wander, journey, go (Ph. ארח in מארח, prob. = מְאָרֵחַ cf. Ethiopic መርሐ lead, conduct, v. NöZMG 1888, 472; epithet of god Eshmun, Sab. ארחֿ DHMEpigr. Denkm. p. 70, Aramaic אוֹרֵחַ, ܐܳܪܚܳܐ traveller)— Pf. וְאָרַח consec. Jb 34:8; Pt. אֹרֵחַ Ju 19:17 +; pl. אֹרְחִים Je 9:1;— journey, go, c. עִם fig. of association, companionship Jb 34:8 וְא׳ לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃ (cf. also הלך ψ 1:1). Pt. wandering, wayfaring, journeying, הָאִישׁ הָאֹרֵחַ Ju 19:17; as subst. wanderer, wayfarer, traveller אֹרֵחַ 2 S 12:4 (‖ הֵלֶךְ), Je 14:8 (‖ גֵּר, in sim. of י׳); מְלוֹן אֹרְחִים wayfarers’ lodging-place Je 9:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.3/)

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אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃

*Word for word:* traveling my and my.lying down you.sift and all ways my you.know.intimately

*JPS 1917:* Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

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[Job 34:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.8/)

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וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* and he.travels for company with \[those.who\].do (of).evil and to walk with people of.wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

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