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עָרַךְ‎ verb arrange or set in order (Late Hebrew id.; also roll dough, עֲרַךְ ᵑ7‎ id.; Phoenician ערכת‎ CIS ^{No. 132, 4} valuation, Bloch, but dubious; Arabic III. contend in battle, , battleground); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ע‎ Job 32:14; 2 Chronicles 13:3, ׳וְע‎ consecutive Leviticus 1:12; 6:5; עָרַכְתִּי‎ Numbers 23:4 +, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲרֹךְ‎ Exodus 27:21 +, etc.; Imperative עֶרְכָה‎ Job 33:5, עִרְכוּ‎ Jeremiah 46:3; 50:14; Infinitive absolute עָרֹךְ‎ Isaiah 21:5; construct עֲרֹךָ‎ Judges 20:22 +; Participle active plural עֹרְכִים‎ Isaiah 65:11, etc.; passive עָרוּךְ‎ Jeremiah 6:23 +, construct עֱרוּךְ‎ Joel 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 בנה‎ 23:1), 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), שֻׁלְחָן‎ Isaiah 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, מִלְחָמָה‎ Judges 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 עֹרְכֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 12:34; 12:36 (van d. H. v.12:33; v.12:35); מ ׳עֱרוּךְ‎ Joel 2:5; + אֵת‎ with, i.e. against Judges 20:20; Genesis 14:8, עִם‎2 Chronicles 13:8; + לִקְרַאת‎ 1 Samuel 17:2; 1 Chronicles 19:17 b; ׳ע לִקְרַאת מַעֲרָכָה‎ 1 Samuel 17:21; כְּאִישׁ עָרוּךְ לַמִּלְחָמָה‎ Jeremiah 6:23; 50:42; object omitted Judges 20:22-23, + לִקְרַאת‎ 1 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 10:9-10, = 1 Chronicles 19:10-11, 2 Samuel 10:17; + אֶל‎ against Judges 20:30; Jeremiah 50:14; 1 Chronicles 19:17 a, לְ‎ against 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 ( + אֶל‎ against), so (object omitted) 33:5 ( + לְפָנַי‎), 37:19; Psalm 5:4 (probably; > of arranging a sacrifice); compare recount things in order, לִי יַעְרְכֶהָ‎ Isaiah 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 הֲיַעֲרֹךְ‎ Job 36:19 is difficult: Di will he set thy cry (שַׁוְעֲךָ‎) in order? Bi (for לֹא‎) שׁ ׳הֲיֵעָרֵךְ לוֺ‎ shall 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׳מַהדְּֿמוּת‎ Isaiah 40:18 what likeness will ye compare to him? אֵלֶיךָ עֲרֹךְ אֵין‎ Psalm 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 הֶעֶרִיח‎ 2 Kings 23:35; in P, ׳וְהֶע‎ consecutive, with accusative of person Leviticus 27:8, 12 with suffix 27:14; Imperfect. יַעֲרִיח‎ 27:14; suffix יַעֲרִיכֶנּוּ‎ 27:8.