עָרַקʻâraq

gnaw

Pronunciation: aw-rak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6207

Meanings

Qal: they who gnaw the dry, my gnawing (Job 30:3; Job 30:17)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Job 30:3 They are gaunt from poverty and hunger. They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
  • Job 30:17 At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).