אָרֵךְ

[אָרֵךְ] adjective long — only construct אֶרֶךְ Exod 34:6 + 14 t. — הָאֵבֶר ׳א long of pinion Ezek 17:3 (|| גְּדוֺל הַכְּנָפַיִם) of eagle, in metaphor; elsewhere always of feelings, as substantive Eccl 7:8 רוּחַ ׳א the patient of spirit (opposed to ׳גְּבַהּ ר); אַפַּיִם ׳א one slow to anger Prov 14:29 (opposed to קְצַררֿוּחַ), so Prov 15:18 (opposed to אִישׁ חֵמָה), Prov 16:32 (|| משֵׁל בְּרוּחוֺ); more often of ׳י, אַפַיִם ׳א, Exod 34:6 אַפַּיִם וְרַבחֶֿסֶד וֶאֱמֶת ׳רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן א compare Num 14:18; Neh 9:17; Ps 86:15; Ps 103:8; Ps 145:8 so + וְנִחָם עַלהָֿרָעָה Joel 2:13 compare Jonah 4:2 (where אֵל), אַפַּיִם וּגְדוֺל כֹּחַ ׳א Nah 1:3 לְאֶרֶךְ אַפְּךָ only Jer 15:15, ׳א apparently noun; read אֹרֶךְ ? compare Prov 25:15.

I. ארך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ]).