𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀

See also: ܐܪܚܐ, ארחא, 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀, and 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀

Aramaic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Akin to Old Aramaic 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀 (ʾrḥʾ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוֹרְחָא (ʔorḥā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (ʾurḥā), Nabataean Aramaic 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀 (ʾrḥʾ), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܘܪܚܐ, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארחה, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ (ʿuhra).

Noun

𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 • (ʾrḥʾ) m (absolute state 𐡀𐡓𐡇 (ʾrḥ)) (Imperial Aramaic)

  1. road
    • 5th C. BCE, Daskyleion epitaph‎[2], KAI 318:
      𐡀𐡋𐡄 𐡑𐡋𐡌𐡄 𐡆𐡉 𐡀𐡋𐡍𐡐 𐡁𐡓 𐡀𐡔𐡉
      𐡄𐡅 𐡏𐡁𐡃 𐡋𐡍𐡐𐡔𐡄 𐡄𐡅𐡌𐡉𐡕𐡊
      𐡁𐡋 𐡅𐡍𐡁𐡅 𐡆𐡉 𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 𐡆𐡍𐡄
      𐡉𐡄𐡅𐡄 𐡏𐡃𐡄 𐡀𐡉𐡔 𐡀𐡋 𐡉𐡏𐡌𐡋
      ʾlh ṣlmh zy ʾlnp br ʾšy
      hw ʿbd lnpšh hwmytk
      bl wnbw zy ʾrḥʾ znh
      yhwh ʿdh ʾyš ʾl yʿml
      This is the image of Elnap son of ʾŠY;
      he has made it for his funerary stele. I adjure thee
      by Bel and Nabu, whoever will be
      passing this road, let no one disturb it.

Etymology 2

Akin to Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אֲרִיחָא (ʔărīḥā, “beam”) in the majority view;[1] alternatively connected to Classical Syriac ܪܲܚܝܵܐ (raḥyā, “millstone”)[2] or interpreted as merely a figurative use of the previous etymology.

Noun

𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 • (ʾrḥʾ) m (absolute state 𐡀𐡓𐡇 (ʾrḥ)) (Imperial Aramaic)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. fetter[1]
    2. millstone[2]
    3. way
      • 5th C. BCE, Story of Ahikar, column 12, line 175; edited and translated in Bezalel Porten, Ada Yardeni, editors, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt‎[3], volume 3, Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1993, →ISBN, pages 49–50:
        𐡁𐡓𐡀 𐡆𐡉 𐡉𐡕𐡀𐡋𐡐 𐡅𐡉𐡕𐡎𐡓 𐡅𐡉𐡕𐡔𐡉𐡌 𐡀𐡓𐡇𐡀 𐡁𐡓𐡂𐡋𐡅[𐡄𐡉] […]
        brʾ zy ytʾlp wytsr wytśym ʾrḥʾ brglw[hy] […]
        The son who will be educated and disciplined and at whose feet the fetter/millstone/way will be laid […]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Arthur Ernest Cowley (1923), Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C.‎[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 James A. Montgomery (December 1912), “Some Notes on Sachau’s Ahiḳar Papyri”, in Felix Peiser, editor, Orientalistische Literaturzeitung, volume 15, number 12, Leipzig, column 535

Further reading

  • Hoftijzer, J; Jongeling, K. (1995), “ʾrḥ₂”, in Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), volume 1, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 106
  • Hoftijzer, J; Jongeling, K. (1995), “ʾrḥ₄”, in Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), volume 1, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, pages 106–107
  • “ˀrḥ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ˀrḥ4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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