ערק

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Aramaic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʕəraq/, [ʕăraq]

Verb[edit]

עֲרַק (ʿăraq) (future יִערוֹק (yiʿrо̄q))

  1. to flee, to escape
    • Tanach, Genesis 42:26, with translation of the New International Version:
      וְאַבשָׁלוֹם עֲרַק וַאֲזַל לִגשׁוּר וַהֲוָה תַמָן תְּלָת שְׁנִין
      After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he stayed there three years

References[edit]

  • ˁrq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ע־ר־ק (ʿ-r-q)

Compare Aramaic ערק.

Verb[edit]

עָרַק (ʿaráq) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to desert, to defect
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic عَرَق (ʕaraq).

Noun[edit]

עַרַק (ʿaráqm

  1. arak (drink)