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title: אָרֹךְ — long · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָרֹךְ (752), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: long. BDB 1906: adj. long. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָרֹךְ

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«אָרֹךְ» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 752 · **BDB:** אָרֹךְ

### Glosses

\[is\].long (1); \[will.be\].long (1); long (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/752/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/752/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. long—only fs. abs. אֲרֻכָּה;— of time, הַמִּלְחָמָה א׳ long war 2 S 3:1; of the exile Je 29:28; fig. of God’s wisdom א׳ מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ Jb 11:9 (‖ רְחָבָה מִנִּי־יָם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 «אָרֹךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/752/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.9/)

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אֲרֻכָּ֣ה מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִדָּ֑הּ וּ֝רְחָבָ֗ה מִנִּי־יָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].long more than.\[the\].earth measure its and broad more.than \[the\].sea

*JPS 1917:* The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

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[2 Samuel 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.1/)

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וַתְּהִ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ אֲרֻכָּ֔ה בֵּ֚ין בֵּ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וּבֵ֖ין בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֑ד וְדָוִד֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ וְחָזֵ֔ק וּבֵ֥ית שָׁא֖וּל הֹלְכִ֥ים וְדַלִּֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and it.was the war long between the.house of.Saul and between the.house of.David and David \[was\].going and strong and the.house of.Saul \[were\].going and weak

*JPS 1917:* Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

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