אָרַח
ʼârach · aw-rakh'
to travel
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to travel
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: go, wayfaring (man).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָרַח 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a wayfaring1 · 20%
- for the wayfaring man1 · 20%
- which goeth1 · 20%
- of wayfaring men1 · 20%
- and as a wayfaring man1 · 20%
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.