Lexical Summary arak: to arrange or set in order Original Word: עָרַךְTransliteration: arak Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rak') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to arrange or set in order Meaning: to set in a, row, arrange, put in order Strong's Concordance set the battle, array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert in war, A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications) -- put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6186. arak עָרַךְ verb arrange or set in order (Late Hebrew id.; also roll dough, עֲרַךְ ᵑ7 id.; Phoenician ערכת CIS No. 132, 4 valuation, Bloch, but dubious; Arabic III. contend in battle, , battleground); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ע Job 32:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3, ׳וְע consecutive Leviticus 1:12; 6:5; עָרַכְתִּי Numbers 23:4 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲרֹךְ Exodus 27:21 +, etc.; Imperative עֶרְכָה Job 33:5, עִרְכוּ Jeremiah 46:3; 50:14; Infinitive absolute עָרֹךְ Isaiah 21:5; construct עֲרֹךָ Judges 20:22 +; Participle active plural עֹרְכִים Isaiah 65:11, etc.; passive עָרוּךְ Jeremiah 6:23 +, construct עֱרוּךְ Joel 2:5, etc.; — not in D; — 1. a. arrange in order, seven altars Numbers 23:4, i.e. I have built seven altars in a row (compare בנה 23:1), flax-stalks Joshua 2:6 (both J E); especially b. set or lay in order, as wood Genesis 22:9 (E), 1 Kings 18:33, compare Tophet Isaiah 30:33; Leviticus 1:7; offerings 1:8, 12; 6:5; lamp(s) Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3-4, (all P), lamp (figurative of dynasty) Psalm 132:17; 'shew'-bread Exodus 40:4, 23 (upon [עַל] sacred שֻׁלְחָן both with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Leviticus 24:8 (P). c. in common life (compare RS Sem i. 189 f., 2nd ed. 200 f.), arrange a table (i.e. dishes in order upon it), שֻׁלְחָן Isaiah 21:5; Proverbs 9:2 (figurative of wisdom), Ezekiel 23:41 (of Jerusalem in figure); Psalm 23:5; 78:19 (figurative; subject God); in idolatrous worship Isaiah 65:11. d. arrange a battle, i.e. draw up in battle order, מִלְחָמָה Judges 20:22; 1 Samuel 17:8; 2 Samuel 10:8> = 1 Chronicles 19:9; 12:37 (van d. H. v.12:36), 2 Chronicles 14:9, מִלְחָמָה עֹרְכֵי 1 Chronicles 12:34; 12:36 (van d. H. v.12:33; v.12:35); מ ׳עֱרוּךְ Joel 2:5; + אֵת with, i.e. against Judges 20:20; Genesis 14:8, עִם2 Chronicles 13:8; + לִקְרַאת 1 Samuel 17:2; 1 Chronicles 19:17 b; ׳ע לִקְרַאת מַעֲרָכָה 1 Samuel 17:21; כְּאִישׁ עָרוּךְ לַמִּלְחָמָה Jeremiah 6:23; 50:42; object omitted Judges 20:22-23, + לִקְרַאת 1 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 10:9-10, = 1 Chronicles 19:10-11, 2 Samuel 10:17; + אֶל against Judges 20:30; Jeremiah 50:14; 1 Chronicles 19:17 a, לְ against Jeremiah 50:9>; — Job 6:4 read יַעַכְרוּנִי Di Bu Du. e. arrange weapons of army in order for battle Jeremiah 46:3; 1 Chronicles 12:9 (van d. H. v.12:8). f. arrange words (מִלִּין) Job 32:14 ( + אֶל against), so (object omitted) 33:5 ( + לְפָנַי), 37:19; Psalm 5:4 (probably; > of arranging a sacrifice); compare recount things in order, לִי יַעְרְכֶהָ Isaiah 44:7. g. state in order, set forth a legal case Job 13:18; 23:4, so probably (object omitted) of God Psalm 50:21 ( + לְעֵינֶיךָ), and (passive of בְּרִית) 2 Samuel 23:5 (compare Dr). — שׁועך הֲיַעֲרֹךְ Job 36:19 is difficult: Di will he set thy cry (שַׁוְעֲךָ) in order? Bi (for לֹא) שׁ ׳הֲיֵעָרֵךְ לוֺ shall thy cry be set in order unto him? (sense good, although Niph`al not found); see al. in Di. 2. a. compare (as result of arranging in order): תַּע לֿוֺ׳מַהדְּֿמוּת Isaiah 40:18 what likeness will ye compare to him? אֵלֶיךָ עֲרֹךְ אֵין Psalm 40:6. b. intransitive be comparable, with לְ, Psalm 89:7 ("" דָּמָה), with suffix of thing compared Job 28:17, 19. [עָרַךְ] verb denominative Hiph`il value (for taxation), tax (from עֵרֶח 2); — Perfect3masculine singular אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ הֶעֶרִיח 2 Kings 23:35; in P, ׳וְהֶע consecutive, with accusative of person Leviticus 27:8, 12 with suffix 27:14; Imperfect. יַעֲרִיח 27:14; suffix יַעֲרִיכֶנּוּ 27:8. |