STRONGS NUMBER H6186


Word Summary
arak: to arrange or set in order
Original Word: עָרַךְ
Transliteration: arak
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to arrange or set in order
Meaning: to set in a, row, arrange, put in order
Strong's Concordance
set the battle, array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert in war,

A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications) -- put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6186. arak

עָרַךְverb arrange or set in order (Late Hebrew id.; also roll dough, עֲרַךְ ᵑ7id.; Phoenician ערכת‎ CIS No. 132, 4 valuation, Bloch, but dubious; Arabic III. contend in battle, , battleground); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳עJob 32:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3, ׳וְע‎ consecutive Leviticus 1:12; 6:5; עָרַכְתִּיNumbers 23:4 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲרֹךְExodus 27:21 +, etc.; Imperative עֶרְכָהJob 33:5, עִרְכוּJeremiah 46:3; 50:14; Infinitive absolute עָרֹךְIsaiah 21:5; construct עֲרֹךָJudges 20:22 +; Participle active plural עֹרְכִיםIsaiah 65:11, etc.; passive עָרוּךְJeremiah 6:23 +, construct עֱרוּךְJoel 2:5, etc.; — not in D; —

1. a. arrange in order, seven altars Numbers 23:4, i.e. I have built seven altars in a row (compare בנה23:1), flax-stalks Joshua 2:6 (both J E); especially

b. set or lay in order, as wood Genesis 22:9 (E), 1 Kings 18:33, compare Tophet Isaiah 30:33; Leviticus 1:7; offerings 1:8, 12; 6:5; lamp(s) Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3-4, (all P), lamp (figurative of dynasty) Psalm 132:17; 'shew'-bread Exodus 40:4, 23 (upon [עַל‎] sacred שֻׁלְחָן‎ both with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Leviticus 24:8 (P).

c. in common life (compare RS Sem i. 189 f., 2nd ed. 200 f.), arrange a table (i.e. dishes in order upon it), שֻׁלְחָןIsaiah 21:5; Proverbs 9:2 (figurative of wisdom), Ezekiel 23:41 (of Jerusalem in figure); Psalm 23:5; 78:19 (figurative; subject God); in idolatrous worship Isaiah 65:11.

d. arrange a battle, i.e. draw up in battle order, מִלְחָמָהJudges 20:22; 1 Samuel 17:8; 2 Samuel 10:8> = 1 Chronicles 19:9; 12:37 (van d. H. v.12:36), 2 Chronicles 14:9, מִלְחָמָה עֹרְכֵי1 Chronicles 12:34; 12:36 (van d. H. v.12:33; v.12:35); מ ׳עֱרוּךְJoel 2:5; + אֵתwith, i.e. against Judges 20:20; Genesis 14:8, עִם2 Chronicles 13:8; + לִקְרַאת1 Samuel 17:2; 1 Chronicles 19:17 b; ׳ע לִקְרַאת מַעֲרָכָה1 Samuel 17:21; כְּאִישׁ עָרוּךְ לַמִּלְחָמָהJeremiah 6:23; 50:42; object omitted Judges 20:22-23, + לִקְרַאת1 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 10:9-10, = 1 Chronicles 19:10-11, 2 Samuel 10:17; + אֶלagainst Judges 20:30; Jeremiah 50:14; 1 Chronicles 19:17 a, לְagainst Jeremiah 50:9>; — Job 6:4 read יַעַכְרוּנִי‎ Di Bu Du.

e. arrange weapons of army in order for battle Jeremiah 46:3; 1 Chronicles 12:9 (van d. H. v.12:8).

f. arrange words (מִלִּין‎) Job 32:14 ( + אֶלagainst), so (object omitted) 33:5 ( + לְפָנַי‎), 37:19; Psalm 5:4 (probably; > of arranging a sacrifice); compare recount things in order, לִי יַעְרְכֶהָIsaiah 44:7.

g. state in order, set forth a legal case Job 13:18; 23:4, so probably (object omitted) of God Psalm 50:21 ( + לְעֵינֶיךָ‎), and (passive of בְּרִית‎) 2 Samuel 23:5 (compare Dr). — שׁועך הֲיַעֲרֹךְJob 36:19 is difficult: Di will he set thy cry (שַׁוְעֲךָ‎) in order? Bi (for לֹא‎) שׁ ׳הֲיֵעָרֵךְ לוֺshall thy cry be set in order unto him? (sense good, although

Niph`al not found); see al. in Di.

2. a. compare (as result of arranging in order): תַּע לֿוֺ׳מַהדְּֿמוּתIsaiah 40:18 what likeness will ye compare to him? אֵלֶיךָ עֲרֹךְ אֵיןPsalm 40:6.

b. intransitive be comparable, with לְ‎, Psalm 89:7 ("" דָּמָה‎), with suffix of thing compared Job 28:17, 19.

[עָרַךְ‎] verb denominative Hiph`il value (for taxation), tax (from עֵרֶח

2); — Perfect3masculine singular אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ הֶעֶרִיח2 Kings 23:35; in P, ׳וְהֶע‎ consecutive, with accusative of person Leviticus 27:8, 12 with suffix 27:14; Imperfect. יַעֲרִיח27:14; suffix יַעֲרִיכֶנּוּ27:8.