The meaning of “אָרַח”
Understanding ʼârach reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
go, wayfaring (man). - to travel 1) to wander, journey, go, keep company with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to journey, go 1a2) (part.)...
אָרַח
go, wayfaring (man). - to travel 1) to wander, journey, go, keep company with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to journey, go 1a2) (part.) 1a2a) wandering, wayfarer, journeying 1a3) (subst.) 1a3a) wanderer, wayfarer, traveller
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 19:17 | “And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?” Word: אָרַח (ʼârach) | |
| 2 Samuel 12:4 | “And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.” Word: אָרַח (ʼârach) | |
| Job 34:8 | “Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.” Word: אָרַח (ʼârach) | |
| Jeremiah 9:2 | “Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.” Word: אָרַח (ʼârach) | |
| Jeremiah 14:8 | “O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?” Word: אָרַח (ʼârach) |
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