Lexical Definition

‎עָרַק‎ ʻâraq (aw-rak') to gnaw ^H:V
a primitive root

fleeing, sinew.

• to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole)
• also (participle) a pain

1) (Qal) to gnaw, chew

See Greek: φεύγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָרַק‎] verb gnaw (Arabic id.; Syriac Pa`el); **Syriac in Lexicons, and Pa`el; but Syriac usually flee, as ‎ᵑ7‎. —

Qal Participle plural ‎הַעֹרְקִים צִיָּה‎ Job 30:3 they who gnaw the dry (ground; figurative of scanty subsistence); suffix ‎עֹרְקַי‎ vJob 30:17 my gnawing (pains) do not sleep.

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