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title: אֶרֶךְ — Erech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֶרֶךְ (751), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Erech. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶרֶךְ

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«אֶרֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Erech** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 751 · **BDB:** אֶ֫רֶךְ

### Glosses

Erech (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Erech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/751/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/751/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city in Babylonia (Bab. Uruk), mod. Warka on left bank of Euphrates, c. 40 miles NW. from Ur (אוּר) towards Babylon; cf. LoftusCS 162 f. DlPa 221 f. Gn 10:10 (v. Ezr 4:9).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶרֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/751/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.10.10/)

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וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.beginning his.kingdom his Babel and Erech and Akkad and Calneh in the.land of.Shinar

*JPS 1917:* And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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