עָרַק
arak · gnaw
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6207 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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arak (עָרַק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gnaw”.
To gnaw; also, what gnaws: a pain that does not stop.
How to say it
a·rak
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To bite away bit by bit; a pain that eats within.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- they gnaw ×1
- those gnawing me ×1