Aramaic word · H754

אַרְכָֿא

ve'arkhah

lengthening

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

prolongation, lengthening, prolonging

Aramaic of e.rekh (עֵ֫רֶךְ "valuation" H6187)

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

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Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 4:27 אַרְכָ֖ה a prolonging

    Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”

    Here: 'A lengthening', an extension of time. The same word appears in Daniel 7:12, where the beasts are granted 'a lengthening of life' for a season. The question is whether the sentence can be postponed, not whether it is cancelled.

  2. Daniel 7:12 וְאַרְכָ֧ה and a prolonging

    As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was removed, but they were granted an extension of life for a season and a time.

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