ערך

Hebrew

Root
ע־ר־ך (ʿ-r-k)
12 terms

Pronunciation

  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕirk/
  • (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕeː.rɛχ/ [ˈʕeː.ʀɛχ]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʕe.raχ/ [ˈʕeː.ræχ]
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈŋe.reχ/ (West), /ˈʕe.reχ/ (East)
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)eː.rɛχ/, /ˈ(ʔ)ej.rɛχ/, /ˈŋeː.rɛχ/, /ˈŋej.rɛχ/
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈ(ʔ)e.ʁeχ/, /ˈʕe.reχ/
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Noun

עֵרֶךְ • (érekhm (plural indefinite ערכים / עֲרָכִים, singular construct עֵרֶךְ־, plural construct עֶרְכֵי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

  1. value
  2. set, order
  3. entry (i.e. in a dictionary)
  4. (ethics) value

Derived terms

Pronunciation

Verb

עָרַךְ • (arákh) (pa'al construction, future יערוך / יַעֲרֹךְ, passive participle עָרוּךְ, passive counterpart נֶעֱרַךְ)

  1. to organize, manage, handle, arrange, set up
    • Tanach, Psalms 23:5, with translation of the King James Version:
      תַּעֲרֹךְ לְפָנַי שֻׁלְחָן־־ נֶגֶד צֹרְרָי; דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן רֹאשִׁי, כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה.
      Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
  2. to formulate, draw up
  3. to lead (a ceremony)
  4. to edit
  5. to set (a table)

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָרַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לערוך / לַעֲרֹךְ
action noun עֲרִיכָה
passive participle עָרוּךְ
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first עָרַכְתִּי עָרַכְנוּ
second עָרַכְתָּ עָרַכְתְּ עֲרַכְתֶּם1 עֲרַכְתֶּן1
third עָרַךְ עָרְכָה עָרְכוּ
present עוֹרֵךְ עוֹרֶכֶת עוֹרְכִים עוֹרְכוֹת
future first אערוך / אֶעֱרֹךְ נערוך / נַעֲרֹךְ
second תערוך / תַּעֲרֹךְ תַּעַרְכִי תַּעַרְכוּ תערוכנה / תַּעֲרֹכְנָה2
third יערוך / יַעֲרֹךְ תערוך / תַּעֲרֹךְ יַעַרְכוּ תערוכנה / תַּעֲרֹכְנָה2
imperative ערוך / עֲרֹךְ עִרְכִי עִרְכוּ ערוכנה / עֲרֹכְנָה2

1 Pronounced עָרַכְתֶּם and עָרַכְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams

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Etymology

From Hebrew עֵרֶךְ ('érekh).

Particle

ערך • (erekh)

  1. Only used in set phrases.

Derived terms

  • אַן ערך (an erekh, approximately)
  • בערך (be'erekh, approximately)
  • לפֿי־ערך (lefi-erekh, comparatively)
  • אין דעם ערך (in dem erekh, about that much)
  • אָן אַן ערך (on an erekh, very much)
  • נאָכן ערך (nokhn erekh, comparatively, proportionally)