Lexical Definition

‎עֵרֶךְ‎ ʻêrek (eh'rek) valuation ^H:N-M
from ‎עָרַךְ‎

equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion, [idiom] set at, suit, taxation, [idiom] valuest.

• a pile, equipment, estimate

1) order, row, estimate, things that are set in order, layer, pile
1a) order, row
1b) estimate, valuation

See Greek: ζεῦγος · ἰσόψυχος · μακροθυμία · πρόθεσις · στολή · τιμή

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ar.ka (‎א‎ַ‎ר‎ְ‎כ‎ָֿ‎א‎ "lengthening" אַרְכָּא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵ֫רֶךְ‎₃₃ noun masculine^{Lev 27:25} order, row, estimate — construct ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 17:10; Exod 40:23 suffix ‎עֶרְכִּי‎ Ps 55:14*, ‎עֶרְכְּךָ‎ Lev 5:15 +, etc.; —

1. order, row, ‎בְּגָדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Judg 17:10 a (complete) suit of clothes (laid out in order), ᵐ5^B στολὴν ἱματίων; ‎לֶחֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 40:23 i.e. loaves arranged in a row, so ‎׳‎‎ע‎ alone vExod 40:4 (P); ‎עֶרְכּוֺ‎ Job 41:4* his symmetry (see ‎חִין‎ below ‎חנן‎).

2. estimate, valuation, made by ordering, classifying: ‎אִישׁ‎ ‎כְּעֶרְכּוֺ‎ 2Kgs 23:35 in 2Kgs 12:5* read ‎עֵרֶךְ‎ (for ᵑ0 ‎עוֺנֵּר‎) money of a man's valuation ᵐ5 Benz Kit, and probably strike out ‎כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֺת עֶרְכּוֺ‎ (?‎׳‎‎עֶרֶח נ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Kit) as gloss (Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 288 f.}); ‎כְּעֶרְכִּי‎ Ps 55:14* a man according to my valuation, figurative for my equal; elsewhere P, of priest's valuation of trespass-offering Lev 5:15; Lev 5:18; Lev 5:25*, vows, and redemption-money Lev 27:2; Lev 27:3 (twice in verse); Lev 27:4 + 17 t. 27 (‎כֶּסֶף עֶרְכְּךָ‎ see 15; vLev 27:19, ‎מִכְסַת הָעֶרְכְּךָ‎ vLev 27:23 [strike out ‎ךְָ‎], compare vLev 27:23b [strike out id.]), Num 18:16. — Job 28:13 read ‎דַּרְכָּהּ‎ ᵐ5 Di and others

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