עָרַךְ

# The Hebrew Term עָרַךְ (a.rakh) The Hebrew verb עָרַךְ carries the fundamental meaning "to value," appearing six times throughout the biblical text. This relatively rare term belongs to a specialized vocabulary domain concerned with assessing or determining worth. The limited number of occurrences suggests it served a particular communicative function rather than representing everyday language, making it significant precisely because biblical authors chose this specific term when they needed to express the concept of valuation. While the lexicon data provided identifies only the primary definition of "to value," the six instances of this word in Scripture would represent distinct contexts in which ancient Hebrew speakers and writers applied this term. Without access to those specific biblical passages, the full range of how this valuation concept was applied—whether in economic, legal, or spiritual contexts—cannot be determined from the lexicon entry alone. The term's survival in biblical literature indicates that the notion of assigning value to persons, objects, or abstract concepts was important enough to warrant its own dedicated vocabulary item in Hebrew.