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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Note: the primary source itself has an uncertain reading here (marked with a slash in the text), not a manuscript variant. The entries below are speculative alternate readings, listed in sequence.

)wrx noun pl. emphatic
ˀwrḥ, ˀwrḥˀ (ˀŏraḥ, ˀurḥā) n.f. way, road
1 road Com. ▶ more

--(a) course, route Com.

(a.1) fig. : way, opportunity Syr, Man.

--(b) journey (compare American: "the road") Com.

(b.1) a task requiring a journey, a trip Palm, Syr.

(b.2) procession, caravan Syr.

--(c) אגב אורח : see s.v. ˁl gby, ˁl gb, ˀgb prep. JBA.
2 way of life, behavior BA-Da, Qum, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) normal, usual behavior Syr, JBA.

(a.1) monastic rule, way of life Syr.

(a.2) proper time Sam, Syr.

(a.3) legal right Syr.

--(b) אורח ארעא : see s.v. ˀwrḥ ˀrˁˀ JBA.

--(c) ܚܕܵܐ ܐ܊܂ ܬܲܪ̈ܬܸܝܢ ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܢ܂ ܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܬܠܬ once, twice, thrice, etc. Syr.

--(d) ܐܲܪܡܝܼ ܐܘܼܪܚܸܗ ܥܲܠ : to give instructions about Syr.
3 normal human bodily activities . ▶ more

--(a) (of "women") : menstruation JLAtg, Syr.

(a.1) intercourse Syr.

--(b) אורח כל ארעא : see also s.v. ˀwrḥ ˀrˁˀ JBAg, LJLA.
4 (astron.) name of a constellation Syr.