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title: אֹרֶךְ — length · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹרֶךְ (753), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 95 times: length. BDB 1906: length. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹרֶךְ

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«אֹרֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **length** — 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:** 95 times · **Key:** 753 · **BDB:** אֹ֫רֶךְ

### Glosses

length (55); \[the\].length (19); the.length (18)

### Meaning (OSHB)

length [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/753/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

length [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/753/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] length—only sg., א׳ abs. Ex 27:1 +; cstr. Gn 6:15; אָרְכּוֹ Ex 25:10 +; אָרְכָּם 2 Ch 3:11; אָרְכָּן Ez 42:11, etc.— length of ark Gn 6:15 (P), of land of Canaan 13:17 (J); most often of ark \& other measurements in tabernacle \& temple Ex 25:10, 17; 26:2, 8; 27:1, 9 + (22 times Ex, P), 1 K 6:2, 3, 20 + (13 times K \& Ch), Ez 40:7, 11, 18 + (41 times Ez), etc. of time א׳ יָמִים Dt 30:20; Jb 12:12; ψ 21:5; 23:6; 91:16; 93:5 Pr 3:2, 16; La 5:20. א׳ אַפַּיִם forbearance, self-restraint, Pr 25:15.—(Ez 31:7 𝔊 𝔖 Co read רֹב for אֹרֶךְ, cf. v 5 where Co del. vb. ארך; 41:22 read prob. אדנו 𝔊 Sm, or אדניו Co = base.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 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 «אֹרֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/753/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.12/)

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בִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].with aged.\[people\] wisdom and \[is.with\].length of.days understanding

*JPS 1917:* Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —

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[Exodus 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.16/)

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רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* square it.will.be folded.double \[will.be\].a.span length its and \[will.be\].a.span breadth its

*JPS 1917:* Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

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