--- title: אָרַךְ — be long · The Tanakh dictionary description: אָרַךְ (748), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: be long. BDB 1906: vb. be long. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/748.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-8.md)‎ / אָרַךְ‎ # אָרַךְ «אָרַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be long** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 748 · **BDB:** אָרַךְ ### Glosses he.will.prolong (3); they (3); you.will.prolong (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) be long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/748/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. be long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/748/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COTGloss, Aramaic אֲרַךְ, ܐܶܪܰܟ )— Pf. אָֽרְכוּ Gn 26:8; Impf. יַאַרְכוּ Ez 12:22; 3 fpl. וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה Ez 31:5 (del. B Co)—be long, subj. הַיָּמִים (i.e. a long time passed Gn 26:8 (J); cf. Assyrian urriku ûmî, days grew long, Creation Tableta v. COT Gn 1:1); of delayed fulfilment of prophecy Ez 12:22; subj. פֹּארֹת Ez 31:5 (but cf. supr.) Pf. הֶאֱרִיךְ Pr 19:11; וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫ Dt 22:7, etc.; Impf. יַאֲרִיךְ Dt 17:20 +; יַאֲרִיכוּ Dt 25:15; יַאֲרִכוּן Ex 20:12 cf. Dt 5:16; 6:2; תַּאֲרִיכֻן Dt 4:26; 30:18, etc.; Imv. fs. הַאֲרִיכִי Is 54:2: Inf. cstr. הַאֲרִיךְ Nu 9:19, 22; Pt. מַאֲרִיךְ Ec 7:15; 8:12;— trans. prolong, (a) obj. יָמִים (i.e. live long) Dt 4:26, 40; 5:30; 11:9; 17:20; 22:7; 30:18; 32:47 Jos 24:31 = Ju 2:7 (c. אַחֲרֵי = survive), Pr 28:16; Is 53:10; Ec 8:13; also (late) without ימים Ec 7:15; 8:12; (b) id. 1 K 3:14 י׳ subj. וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶת־יָמֶיךָ I will prolong thy days; (c) postpone anger Is 48:9 cf. Pr 19:11 (i.e. shew oneself slow to anger); v. also Jb 6:11 אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי i.e. be patient; (d) lit. (but in fig.) make long furrows (c. ל) ψ 129:3; tentcords Is 54:2; tongue 57:4 (stretch out in mockery). intrans. grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subj. יָמִים Ex 20:12 = Dt 5:16; 6:2; 25:15; tarry long Nu 9:19, 22 (subj. הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, subj. כֵּן Pr 28:2; be long (lit.) of staves of ark 1 K 8:8; 2 Ch 5:9. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אָרַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/748/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 129:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.3/) עַל־גַּ֭בִּי חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃ *Word for word:* on back my they.have.plowed plowmen they.have.made.long (to) furrows their *JPS 1917:* The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. [Proverbs 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.16/) נָגִ֗יד חֲסַ֣ר תְּ֭בוּנוֹת וְרַ֥ב מַעֲשַׁקּ֑וֹת שֹׂ֥נֵא בֶ֝֗צַע יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִֽים׃פ *Word for word:* a.ruler lacking of.understanding(s) and great of.extortion(s) \[one.who\].hates unjust.gain he.will.prolong days *JPS 1917:* The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. - ← previous: [אֲרִיסַי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/747.md) - next →: [אָרֵךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/750.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-8.md)