•[אָרַשׂ
S
781
TWOT
170
GK
829
]
vb.
betroth
(Mish.
ארס, Ph.
ארש in n.pr.
,
Lag
Sem i. 50 connects with Arabic
أَرْشٌ
(
˒aršun
)
a fine
, lit.
pay the price
, & so gain the right of possession;
cf.
Aramaic
אָרִיס
one who farms land;
Assyrian
mirsu, tribute
,
Zehnpf
BAS i. 518)
—only
Pi. Pu.
;
Pi.
Pf.
3
ms.
אֵרַשׂ
Dt 20:
7;
אֵרַשְׂתִּי
2 S 3:14
;
sf.
אֵרַשְׂתִּיךְ
Ho 2:21
(×2),
22
;
Impf.
2
ms.
תְּאָרֵשׂ
Dt 28:3
0;—
betroth
(subj. man)
obj.
woman,
אִשָּׁה
Dt 20:
7;
28:30
;
sq.
ב
of price paid to father &
ל
of husband
2 S 3:14
;
ב
of gift to bride &
ל
of husband
Ho 2:21
,
22
, where
fig.
of Yahweh’s covenant mercy to Israel.
Pu.
Pf.
3
fs.
אֹרָשָׂה
be betrothed
,
c.
לֹא
, subj.
בְּתוּלָה
Ex 22:15 Dt 22:28
(
נער בתולה
);
Pt. f.
מְאֹרָשָׂה
Dt 22:2
3, where affirmed of
נער בתולה
(
sq.
ל
of husband)
v
2
5,
27
(in both subj.
הַנַּעֲרָ˜
).
ארשׁ
(
to desire, request
. Assyrian
erêšu
Dl
Pr
55
)
.
• אֲרֶ˜שֶׁת S 782 TWOT 171a GK 830 n.f. desire, request ( Assyrian êrištu Dl l.c.) only cstr. א׳ שְׂפָתָיו ψ 21:3 ( || תַּאֲוַת לִבֹּו ) request granted by י׳ .
אֹרֹת
v.
II.
אוֹרָה
.
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתָּא
S
783
GK
831
n.pr.m.
Artaxertex
(
Pers. Artakhshatrâ
,
Spieg
APK 68, 207 Ö
Ἀρταξερξης
,
cf.
BeRy
on
Ezr 4:23
;
7:1 f. Ne 1:1
)
א׳
Ezr 4:7
v. BD
102;
אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא
Ezr 4:
7,
23
,
אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא
Ezr 7:
1,
11
;
8:1 Ne 2:
1;
5:14
;
13:6
;
Artaxerxes I
, or
Longimanus
, son & successor of Xerxes, regined
B
.
C
. 465–424.
•
אֲשַׂרְאֵל
S
840
GK
832
n.pr.m.
a descendant of Judah
1 Ch 4:16
(
the latter element in this & foll. may be
אֵל
God
, but meaning of former part
dub. Thes comp.
אסר
bind,
quem Deus obligavit
sc.
voto
)
.
Lag P. de Lagarde, Semitica . Zehnpf R. Zehnpfund. Spieg Altpersische Keilinschriften. BeRy Bertheaus Comm., ed. by Ryssel.