Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #737 - אֲרֻחָה aruchah (a meal)


Original Word:אֲרֻחָה
Transliteration: aruchah
Definition:a meal, allowance
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:(ar-oo-khaw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

allowance, diet, dinner, victuals

Feminine passive participle of 'arach (in the sense of appointing); a ration of food -- allowance, diet, dinner, victuals.

see HEBREW 'arach


Englishman's Concordance

1) meal, allowance, ration
1a) food
1b) diet
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: passive participle of H732 (in the sense of appointing)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 161b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲרֻחָהnoun femininemeal, allowance (of food) absolute Jeremiah 40:5; construct אֲרֻחַת יָרָקProverbs 15:17a portion of herbs, i.e. a slender meal; elsewhere of allowance given to captive king Jehoiachin, תָּמִיד׳אa continual allowance2 Kings 25:30=Jeremiah 52:34; אֲרֻחָתוֺib.=id.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 737. אֲרֻחָה (aruchah) — 6 Occurrences

2 Kings 25:30
HEB: וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד
NAS:and for his allowance, a regular
KJV:And his allowance [was] a continual
INT:his allowance allowance A regular

2 Kings 25:30
HEB: וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד נִתְּנָה־
NAS: a regular allowance was given
KJV: [was] a continual allowance given
INT: his allowance allowance A regular was given

Proverbs 15:17
HEB: ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־
NAS: Better is a dish of vegetables where
KJV: Better [is] a dinner of herbs
INT: Better dish of vegetables love

Jeremiah 40:5
HEB:רַב־ טַבָּחִ֛ים אֲרֻחָ֥ה וּמַשְׂאֵ֖ת וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃
NAS: gave him a ration and a gift
KJV: gave him victuals and a reward,
INT: the captain of the bodyguard A ration gift and let

Jeremiah 52:34
HEB: וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַת֩ תָּמִ֨יד
NAS:For his allowance, a regular allowance
KJV:And [for] his diet, there was a continual
INT:his allowance allowance A regular

Jeremiah 52:34
HEB: וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַת֩ תָּמִ֨יד נִתְּנָה־
NAS: a regular allowance was given
KJV: there was a continual diet given
INT: his allowance allowance A regular was given

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