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# אָרַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H732

**wander** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

wander [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָרַח: vb. wander, journey, go [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. wander, journey, go (Ph. ארח in מארח, prob. = מְאָרֵחַ cf. Ethiopic መርሐ lead, conduct, v. NöZMG 1888, 472; epithet of god Eshmun, Sab. ארחֿ DHMEpigr. Denkm. p. 70, Aramaic אוֹרֵחַ, ܐܳܪܚܳܐ traveller)— Pf. וְאָרַח consec. Jb 34:8; Pt. אֹרֵחַ Ju 19:17 +; pl. אֹרְחִים Je 9:1;— journey, go, c. עִם fig. of association, companionship Jb 34:8 וְא׳ לְחֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּעֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְלָלֶכֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃ (cf. also הלך ψ 1:1). Pt. wandering, wayfaring, journeying, הָאִישׁ הָאֹרֵחַ Ju 19:17; as subst. wanderer, wayfarer, traveller אֹרֵחַ 2 S 12:4 (‖ הֵלֶךְ), Je 14:8 (‖ גֵּר, in sim. of י׳); מְלוֹן אֹרְחִים wayfarers’ lodging-place Je 9:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a traveler (1); he travels (1); of travelers (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 139:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.3/#tree)

אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃

*Word for word:* traveling my and my.lying down you.sift and all ways my you.know.intimately

*JPS 1917:* Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

[Job 34:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.8/#tree)

וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

*Word for word:* and he.travels for company with \[those.who\].do (of).evil and to walk with people of.wickedness

*JPS 1917:* Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/732.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/732/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).