Hebrew word · H733

אָרַח

'arach

Arah

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.5

§ Arah = "traveller"

1) a man of Asher

2) the prominent head of a family of returning exiles

3) another returned exile

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:39 אָרַ֥ח Arah

    The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

    Here: First son or clan listed under Ulla. The name looks like the verb ʾāraḥ, 'to travel, go along a road', so it may mean something like 'traveller'. The same name is used for other men, including the head of a family that returned from exile (Ezra 2:5), but those are different people.

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 2:5 אָרַ֔ח Arah

    the descendants of Arah, 775;

Nehemiah · 2

  1. Nehemiah 6:18 אָרַ֑ח Arah

    For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

    Here: Arah's family was a large group of returnees from Babylon (Ezra 2:5; Nehemiah 7:10), so Tobiah's in-laws were an established returnee clan.

  2. Nehemiah 7:10 אָרַ֔ח Arah

    the descendants of Arah, 652;

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