Lexical Definition

‎אָרַח‎ ʼÂrach (aw-rakh') Arah ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָרַח‎; way faring

Arah.

• § Arah = "traveller"
• Arach, the name of three Israelites

1) a man of Asher
2) the prominent head of a family of returning exiles
3) another returned exile

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.6.18
• father of: Shecaniah (שְׁכַנְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָרַח‎ proper name, masculine (traveler ?)

1. a man of Asher 1Chr 7:39.

2. head of a family of returning exiles Ezra 2:5 = Neh 7:10 perhaps= ‎אָרַ֑ח‎ Neh 6:18.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Nehemiah's opponent • A Jewish leader whose daughter married Tobiah's son.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Arah's daughter was married to the son of Tobiah the Ammonite.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.6.18;
• only referred to as Arah אָרַח;
• father of Shecaniah שְׁכַנְיָה.

Arah is briefly mentioned in Nehemiah 6:18 as a Jewish leader whose daughter was married to the son of Tobiah the Ammonite. Tobiah was one of the enemies who opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 2:10, 19; 4:3, 7). The marriage between Arah's daughter and Tobiah's son suggests that some Jewish nobles had formed alliances with foreign adversaries. This connection may have complicated Nehemiah's task of leading the Jewish people and rebuilding Jerusalem.

All entries for Arah: אָרַח

Related Profiles:

• Shecaniah (child)