Lexical Definition

‎אָרַךְ‎ ʼârak (aw-rak') to prolong ^H:V
a primitive root

defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).

• to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

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

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.rakh (‎א‎ֲ‎ר‎ִ‎יך‎ְ "be proper" אֲרַךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: אֲרַךְ
[‎אָרַךְ‎, ‎אָרֵךְ‎] verb be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COT^Gloss, Aramaic ‎אֲרַךְ‎, ) —

Qal Perfect ‎אָֽרְכוּ‎ Gen 26:8 Imperfect ‎יַאַרְכוּ‎ Ezek 12:22 3 feminine plural ‎וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה‎ Ezek 31:5 (strike out B Co) — be long, subject ‎הַיָמִים‎ (i.e. a long time passed Gen 26:8 (J); compare Assyrian urriku ûmî, days grew long, Creation Tablet^a see COT Gen 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezek 12:22 subject ‎פּאֹרֹת‎ Ezek 31:5 (but compare above) Hiph`il Perfect ‎הֶאֱרִיךְ‎ Prov 19:11 ‎וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫‎ Deut 22:7, etc.; Imperfect ‎יַאֲרִיךְ‎ Deut 17:20 +; ‎יַאֲרִיכוּ‎ Deut 25:15 ‎יַאֲרִכוּן‎ Exod 20:12 compare Deut 5:16; Deut 6:2 ‎תַּאֲרִיכֻן‎ Deut 4:26; Deut 30:18, etc.; Imperative feminine singular ‎הַאֲרִיכִי‎ Isa 54:2: Infinitive construct ‎הַאֲרִיךְ‎ Num 9:19; Num 9:22 Participle ‎מַאֲרִיךְ‎ Eccl 7:15; Eccl 8:12; —

1. transitive prolong,
(a) object ‎יָמִים‎ (i.e. live long) Deut 4:26; Deut 4:40; Deut 5:30; Deut 11:9; Deut 17:20; Deut 22:7; Deut 30:18; Deut 32:47; Josh 24:31= Judg 2:7 (with ‎אַחֲרֵי‎ = survive), Prov 28:16; Isa 53:10; Eccl 8:13 also (late) without ‎ימים‎ Eccl 7:15; Eccl 8:12
(b) id. 1Kgs 3:14 ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject ‎וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶתיָֿמֶיךָ‎ I will prolong thy days; (c) postpone anger Isa 48:9 compare Prov 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) Ps 129:3 tentcords Isa 54:2 tongue Isa 57:4 (stretch out in mockery).

2. intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject ‎יָמִים‎ Exod 20:12 = Deut 5:16; Deut 6:2; Deut 25:15 tarry long Num 9:19; Num 9:22 (subject ‎הֶעָנָן‎), last (continue) long, (subject ‎כֵּן‎ Prov 28:2 be long (literally) of staves of ark 1Kgs 8:8; 2Chr 5:9.

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