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title: אֲרֻחָה — meal · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרֻחָה (737), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: meal. BDB 1906: n.f. meal, allowance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרֻחָה

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«אֲרֻחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **meal** — 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:** 737 · **BDB:** אֲרֻחָה

### Glosses

a.food.allowance (3); his.food (2); a.portion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

meal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/737/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. meal, allowance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/737/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. meal, allowance (of food) abs. Je 40:5; cstr. אֲרֻחַת יָרָק Pr 15:17 a portion of herbs, i.e. a slender meal; elsewhere of allowance given to captive king Jehoiachin, א׳ תָּמִיד a continual allowance 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34; אֲרֻחָתוֹ ib. = id.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרֻחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/737/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.17/)

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ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good a.portion of.vegetable\[s\] and love \[is\].there more than.an.ox fattened and hatred \[is\].with it

*JPS 1917:* Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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[2 Kings 25:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.30/)

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וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד נִתְּנָה־לּ֛וֹ מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽו׃

*Word for word:* and his.food allowance a.food.allowance of.continuity it.was.given to him from with the king a.matter of.a.day in day its all the.days his.life his

*JPS 1917:* And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

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