אורח

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Aramaic

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Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Cognate with Hebrew אֹרַח, Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܚ

Noun

אוֹרַח (ʾŏraḥ?

  1. road, path, way
    • (Can we date this quote?), Targum Jerusalem, Genesis 35:9:
      וְעוֹד אַלִיפַת לָן לִמְבָרְכָא יַת אֲבֵילַיָא מִן אָבוּנָן יַעֲקב צַדִיקַיָא כַּד אִתְגְלִית עֲלוֹי בְּמַיְיתֵיהּ מִן פַּדַן דַאֲרָם כַּד אַרְעִית לִדְבוֹרָה מַרְבְּיָיתָהּ דְרִבְקָה אִמֵיהּ אוֹרְחָא דְעַלְמָא וּמִיתַת עֲלוֹי רָחֵל בְּאוֹרְחָא וִיתֵיב לֵיהּ יַעֲקב אֲבוּנָן צָוַח וּמְיַלֵיל לָהּ וּמִסְפַּד וּבָכֵי
      And again He hath taught us to bless those who mourn, from our father Jakob the Righteous: for He revealed Himself to him on his coming from Padan of Aram, when the way of the world had happened to Deborah, the nurse of Rivekah his mother, and Rahel died by him in the way, and Jakob our father sat weeping and bewailing her, and mourning and crying.
  2. custom

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
א־ר־ח (ʾ-r-kh)

Pronunciation

Noun

אוֹרֵחַ (oréakhm (plural indefinite אוֹרְחִים, plural construct אוֹרְחֵי־, feminine counterpart אוֹרַחַת)

  1. guest, visitor
    • שבת קכ״ז
      והכנסת אורחים
      vehakhnasat or'khim
      and hospitality
      (literally, “and the bringing in of visitors”)
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

אורח / אֹרַח (órakhm

  1. way, path
  2. (figurative) way of living and acting, manner, mode
    אורח חייםórakh khayímlifestyle (literally, “way of living]”)
    • Tanach, Proverbs 15:24, with translation of the King James Version:
      אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מָטָּה׃
      The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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