אֲרֻחָה

«אֲרֻחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: meal — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 737 · BDB: אֲרֻחָה

Glosses

a.food.allowance (3); his.food (2); a.portion (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

meal tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. meal, allowance tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. meal, allowance (of food) abs. Je 40:5; cstr. אֲרֻחַת יָרָק Pr 15:17 a portion of herbs, i.e. a slender meal; elsewhere of allowance given to captive king Jehoiachin, א׳ תָּמִיד a continual allowance 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34; אֲרֻחָתוֹ ib. = id.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲרֻחָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 15:17

ט֤וֹב אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר אָ֝ב֗וּס וְשִׂנְאָה־בֽוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].good a.portion of.vegetable[s] and love [is].there more than.an.ox fattened and hatred [is].with it

JPS 1917: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

2 Kings 25:30

וַאֲרֻחָת֗וֹ אֲרֻחַ֨ת תָּמִ֧יד נִתְּנָה־לּ֛וֹ מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיָּֽו׃

Word for word: and his.food allowance a.food.allowance of.continuity it.was.given to him from with the king a.matter of.a.day in day its all the.days his.life his

JPS 1917: And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

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