ערך

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עֵרֶךְ • (érekh) m (plural indefinite ערכים / עֲרָכִים, singular construct עֵרֶךְ־, plural construct עֶרְכֵי־)

1. value
2. entry

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

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 ראֹשִׁי, כּוֺסִי 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

• כרע, רעך

From Hebrew עֵרֶךְ ('érekh).

ערך • (erekh)

1. Only used in set phrases.

• 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”)