עָרַק
ʻâraq · aw-rak'
to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole); also (participle) a pain
- to gnaw, i.e. (figuratively) eat (by hyberbole)
- also, (participle) a pain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fleeing, sinew.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To see and know of the head, the highest of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָרַק above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fleeing1 · 50%
- and my sinews1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
- Job2
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.