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title: אָרֵךְ — long · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרֵךְ (750), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: long. BDB 1906: adj. long. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרֵךְ

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«אָרֵךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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.

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 750 · **BDB:** אָרֵךְ

### Glosses

long (6); a.\[person\].long (4); \[is\].long (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/750/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/750/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. long—only cstr. אֶ֫רֶךְ Ex 34:6 + 14 times—א׳ הָאֵבֶר long of pinion Ez 17:3 (‖ גְּדוֹל הַכְּנָפַיִם) of eagle, in metaph.; elsewhere always of feelings, as subst. Ec 7:8 א׳ רוּחַ the patient of spirit (opp. גְּבַהּ ר׳); א׳ אַפַּיִם one slow to anger Pr 14:29 (opp. קְצַר־רוּחַ), so 15:18 (opp. אִישׁ חֵמָה), 16:32 (‖ מֹשֵׁל בְּרוּחוֹ); more often of י׳, א׳ אַפַּיִם, Ex 34:6 רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן א׳ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת cf. Nu 14:18 Ne 9:17 ψ 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; so + וְנִחָם עַל־הָרָעָה Jo 2:13 cf. Jon 4:2 (where אֵל), א׳ אַפַּיִם וּגְדוֹל כֹּחַ Na 1:3; לְאֶרֶךְ אַפְּךָ only Je 15:15, א׳ appar. noun; read אֹרֶךְ? cf. Pr 25:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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 «אָרֵךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/750/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 103:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.8/)

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רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְרַב־חָֽסֶד׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].compassionate and gracious Yahweh long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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[Psalms 145:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.145.8/)

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חַנּ֣וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֥רֶךְ אַ֝פַּ֗יִם וּגְדָל־חָֽסֶד׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].gracious and compassionate Yahweh long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

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