• אַרִיךְ adj.vb. fitting, proper ( אַ׳ Baer K§ 16, 5 M-A § 82, Anm. 2 ; van d. H. Gi Str אֲרִיךְ , cf. D WB 39 ; T id.; orig. Pt. pass. K § 57 b ) r ) ) ;— Ezr 4:14 .
אַרְכֻבָּתֵהּ Dn 5: 6, v. ברך .
• אַרְכְּוָיֵ֯ n.pr. gent. people of Erech ( BH אֶרֶךְ ; so also Mey E. Jud. 40 ) ;—pl.
emph.
Ezr 4:9
(
Qr
אַרְכְּוָיֵא
; cf. K
§
61, 6
).
[ אֲרַע S 772 TWOT 2610 ] 21 n. [ f. ] earth ( so T Syriac; = BH אֶרֶץ , q.v.) ;—emph. אַרְעָא Dn 2:3 5, 39 + 16 times Dn, Ezr 5:11 Je 10:11 b; אַ֫רְעָא (D§§ 9, 5 a; 44, 1 n ) = אֲרַע + א — of direction, earthward , i.e. downward , אַרְעָא מִנָּךְ Dn 2:39 Kt
lower than thou , i.e. inferior to thee Qr אֲרַע (cf. T אֲרַע מִן Ru 4: 4); —Je
10:11a
v.
[
אֲרַק
].
• [ אַרְעִי S 773 TWOT 2611 ] n.f. denom. bottom ( so T; cf. also T אַרְעָאָה
lower
)
;—
cstr.
אַרְעִית
Dn 6:2
5.
• [ אֲרַק S 778 TWOT 2612 ] n. [ f. ] earth ( = [אֲרַע ]; ארקא Egyptian Aramaic S-
C Pap. B 15 + often (sometimes also ארעא , as ib. 16), Ninev. and Bab. Aramaic Cooke
192, also Mand. Nö M § 66, Zinj. , Lzb 227 Cooke 166 (cf. 183); ק = ע , as Zinj. מוקא = מוצא , רקי = רצה , Cooke 166, 185 ; cf. K § 7, 2 and Anm. 1 and reff., Cooke 185 Nö ZMG
xlvii (1893), 100; M § 66 Gunk Schöpf. 18 Lzb Eph. i. 223 SAC JQ , 1903–4, 273 ) ;—emph. אַרְקָא Je 10:11a .
• אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא n.pr.m. of king, Ezr 4:8 , 11 , 23 ; 6:14 = -שַׁסְתְּא 7:1 2, 21
( BH -שַׁשְׂתָּא ; Egyptian Aramaic ארתחשסש RÉS 438 , S-C B 2 + ; v. also Andr M 54 Scheft i. 79) ;— Αρσαρθα, Α(ρ)σαθαθα, Αρθασαθα ; GL Αρταξερξης .
Gunk H. Gunkel, Schöpfung u. Chaos. JQ Jewish Quarterly.