H0736 H0736
caravan, traveling company
This feminine noun denotes a caravan or traveling company—merchants or traders moving together for safety and commerce. It appears describing the Ishmaelite caravan that purchased Joseph and the Arabian caravans in Isaiah's oracle. The word is technically a participle of the verb 'to travel,' hence 'those traveling.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — Trading caravans in Genesis 37:25 (Ishmaelites carrying spices to Egypt who bought Joseph) and Isaiah 21:13 (Arabian caravans lodging in the wilderness). The commercial context in both passages emphasizes the traveling merchants' role in ancient Near Eastern trade networks. The construct forms link the caravans to their cargo or ethnic identity (Ishmaelites, Dedanites). 2×
AR["قافِلَةُ", "يَا-قَوَافِلَ"]·ben["কাফেলা"]·DE["[ארחות]", "eine-Karawane"]·EN["a-caravan-of", "caravans-of"]·FR["[ארחות]", "un-caravane-de"]·heb["אורחות", "ארחת"]·HI["कारवाँ"]·ID["kafilah", "kafilah-kafilah"]·IT["[ארחות]", "un-caravan-di"]·jav["rombongan", "rèncang"]·KO["대상들이여", "대상이"]·PT["caravana-de", "ó-caravanas-de"]·RU["караван", "караваны"]·ES["caravana-de", "caravanas-de"]·SW["misafara", "msafara-wa"]·TR["kafilesi", "kervanlari"]·urd["قافلو", "قافلہ"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אֹרְחָה] n.f. travelling company, caravan (strictly Pt. of אָרַח), cstr. אֹרְחַת Gn 37:25; pl. cstr. אֹרְחוֹת Is 21:13; cf. also sub אֹרַח, 4.