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Strong's #748 - אָרַךְ
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- Strong
1) to be long, prolong
1a) (Qal) to be long
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to prolong (days)
1b2) to make long (tent cords)
1b3) to grow long, continue long
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1448) kr (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the k is a picture of the palm representing a covering. Combined these mean "man covered". The reproductive organs of the male including the lower abdomen which are always covered.
A) kr (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
Nm) kr (רכ RK) - Tender: KJV (16): tender, soft, weak - Strongs: H7390 (רַךְ)
B) kkr (רככ RKK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
V) kkr (רככ RKK) - Soft: To be soft. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) tender, faint, mollified, soft - Strongs: H7401 (רָכַךְ)
C) kra (ארכ ARK) AC: ? CO: Long AB: ?: From the male reproductive organ.
V) kra (ארכ ARK) - Prolong: To lengthen or delay. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) prolong, long, lengthen, draw out, defer, tarry - Strongs: H748 (אָרַךְ), H749 (אַרִיךְ)
Nm) kra (ארכ ARK) - Slow: To be long in patience or time. KJV (15): slow, longsuffering, patient - Strongs: H750 (אָרֵךְ)
Nf1) ekra (ארכה ARKH) - Lengthening: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): lengthening - Strongs: H754 (אַרְכָה)
cm) kfra (ארוכ ARWK) - Long: KJV (3): long, longer - Strongs: H752 (אָרֹךְ)
df1) ekfra (ארוכה ARWKH) - Repair: A reconstruction or healing that causes longer life. KJV (6): health, perfected, made - Strongs: H724 (אֲרֻכָה)
gm) krfa (אורכ AWRK) - Length: KJV (95): length, long, ever, high - Strongs: H753 (אֹרֶךְ)
J) kfr (רוכ RWK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
Nm) kfr (רוכ RWK) - Tender: KJV (1): tender - Strongs: H7391 (רֹךְ)
L) kri (ירכ YRK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?
Nf ) kri (ירכ YRK) - Loins: KJV (34): thigh, side, shaft, loins, body - Strongs: H3409 (יָרֵךְ)
Nf1) ekri (ירכה YRKH) - Loins: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (29): thigh - Strongs: H3410 (יַרְכָה), H3411 (יְרֵכָה)
am) krfm (מורכ MWRK) - Faint: From a blow to the loins. KJV (1): faintness - Strongs: H4816 (מֹרֶךְ)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
) — Qal Perfect אָֽרְכוּ Genesis 26:8; Imperfect יַאַרְכוּ Ezekiel 12:22; 3 feminine plural וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה Ezekiel 31:5 (strike out B Co) — be long, subject הַיָמִים (i.e. a long time passed Genesis 26:8 (J); compare Assyrian urriku ûmî, days grew long, Creation Tablet a see COT Genesis 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezekiel 12:22; subject מּאֹרֹת Ezekiel 31:5 (but compare above)
Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱרִיךְ Proverbs 19:11; וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 22:7, etc.; Imperfect יַאֲרִיךְ Deuteronomy 17:20 +; יַאֲרִיכוּ Deuteronomy 25:15; יַאֲרִכוּן Exodus 20:12 compare Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; תַּאֲרִיכֻן Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 30:18, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הַאֲרִיכִי Isaiah 54:2: Infinitive construct הַאֲרִיךְ Numbers 9:19,22; Participle מַאֲרִיךְ Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; —
1 transitive prolong, ( a) object יָמִים (i.e. live long) Deuteronomy 4:26,40; Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 22:7; Deuteronomy 30:18; Deuteronomy 32:47; Joshua 24:31= Judges 2:7 (with אַחֲרֵי = survive), Proverbs 28:16; Isaiah 53:10; Ecclesiastes 8:13; also (late) without ימים Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; ( b) id. 1 Kings 3:14 ׳י subject וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶתיָֿמֶיךָ I will prolong thy days; (c) postpone anger Isaiah 48:9 compare Proverbs 19:11 (i.e. shew oneself slow to anger); see also Job 6:11 אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי i.e. be patient; ( d) literal (but in figure) make long furrows (with ל) Psalm 129:3; tentcords Isaiah 54:2; tongue Isaiah 57:4 (stretch out in mockery).
2 intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject יָמִים Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 25:15; tarry long Numbers 9:19,22 (subject הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, (subject כֵּן Proverbs 28:2; be long (literally) of staves of ark 1 Kings 8:8; 2 Chronicles 5:9.
I. ארך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ]).
אָרַךְ
(1) pr. trans. to make long, to extend, to stretch out, kindred to the root עָרַךְ which see. Hence אֲרוּכָה a long bandage; Syr. ܐܶܪܰܟ to prolong, Arab. أَرَكَ to tarry, to delay in a matter.
(2) Med. E. fut. יֶאֱרַךְ; pl. יַאַרְכוּ intransit. to be long. (Syr., Arab., Sam. id.; Aph. אוֹרִיךְ, ܐܰܘܪܶܟ to prolong.) Ezekiel 31:5; Genesis 26:8, וַיְהִי בִּי אָֽרְכוּ־לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים “and it came to pass when days were prolonged to him there,” i.e. when he had lived there long; Ezekiel 12:22.
Hiphil הֶאֱרִיךְ
(1) to make long, lengthen, prolong, Psalms 129:3 “to put forth the tongue,” Isaiah 57:4 הֶאֱרִיךְ יְמֵי פ׳ “to prolong any one’s life,” to grant him long life, 1 Kings 3:14 on the other hand ה׳ יָמָיו “to prolong one’s own life,” to be long-lived, Deuteronomy 4:26, 40 5:30 17:20 22:7 Isaiah 53:10 also without יָמִים Proverbs 28:2; Ecclesiastes 7:15, 8:12.
(2) intrans. to be long, 1 Kings 8:8, especially used of time; הֶאֱרִיכוּ יָמָיו “to be long-lived,” Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:2 25:15 compare No.1.
(3) to retard, to delay, to defer; הֶאֱרִיךְ אַפּוֹ Isaiah 48:9; Proverbs 19:11, to defer anger, to be patient, and μακρόθυμος. [“So too הֶאֱרִיךְ נַפְשׁוֹ id., Job 6:11.” Ges. add.]. Compare אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם under אָרֵךְ.
(4) to delay, to tarry (prop. es lange machen), Numbers 9:19, 22.
The derivatives, except אֲרוּכָה, immediately follow.
