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 • (érekh) m (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

• בְּעֵרֶךְ (b'érekh)
• נייר ערך / נְיַר עֵרֶךְ (n'yár érekh)
• יְקַר עֵרֶךְ (y'kar érekh)

Related terms

• מַעֲרָכָה (ma'arakhá)
• עֶרְכָּה (erká)

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕaːˈrak/, [ʕaːˈrax]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕɔːˈraχ/ [ʕɔːˈʀaːχ]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕɔˈraχ/ [ʕɔːˈræːχ]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ŋaˈraχ/ (West), /ʕaˈraχ/ (East)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɔˈraχ/, /ŋɔˈraχ/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈraχ/, /ʕaˈraχ/

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

• כרע, רעך

Yiddish

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”)