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ˀrkh (ˀăreḵ, ˀarkā) n.f.(m.!) length, extension
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length
BADan, Qumran, LJLA
Dan 4:24↗ הֵן תֶּהֱוֵא אַרְכָה לִשְׁלֵוְתָךְ‏ : if there is to be length to your ease ; 4QEnb1.4.6↗ text not cited ; 4QEnGiantsb07.3↗ text not cited : (uncertain) ; PJ Gen6:3↗ ארכא מאה ועשרין שנין‏
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extension of one's life
BADan, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
Dan 7:12↗ אַרְכָה בְחַיִּין יְהִיבַת לְהוֹן‏ : a life extension was given them ; TgO Gen6:3↗ אַרכָא יְהִיב לְהוֹן מְאָה וְעַסרִין שְנִין אִם יְתוּבוּן‏ : an extension of 120 years has been given them if they repent ; TN Gen6:3↗ הא יהבית לכון ארכה‏ : look here, I have given you an extension ; TgJob4:20↗ מן דלית משוי להון ארכא לעלמא ייבדון‏ : since there is no one giving them eternal length they will be lost
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אַרכָא לְרַשִׁיעַיָא : an extension granted to the wicked for repentence
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Is26:10↗ יְהַבתָא לְהוֹן אַרכָא לְרַשִיעַיָא דְאִם יְתוּבוּן לְאוֹרָיתָך‏ ; TgTosPr Hab.3:1↗ על ארכא דיהיב לרשיעיא‏
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portico (??; but see note)
Nabatean
al-Ghariyyah1↗ dnh ˀrktˀ dy ˁbd ​ˁdwrw : this is the ? that PN made
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In later Jewish texts the Biblical Aramaic absolute form is treated as a determined masculine form with forms of the verb ntn.
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For Nabataean (RES 471=Cantineau p. 21) ˀrktˀ see s.v. ˀrṣh n.f. ; but Healey The Religion of the Nabataeans p. 144 rejects the interpretation 'sarcophagus' on the grounds that such a thing could not be dedicated to a god and suggests 'portico(?)'; but perhaps simply 'long stone'.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 75bDNWSI: 109Qumran: 24

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