Senses
1. regular food allowance — A fixed, regularly supplied portion of food, typically a royal or official ration. In 2 Kings 25:30 and the parallel Jeremiah 52:34, it refers to the daily allowance granted by the king of Babylon to the captive king Jehoiachin, described as a continual allowance (aruchat tamid) given day by day throughout his life. In Jeremiah 40:5, Nebuzaradan gives Jeremiah a provision (aruchah) along with a gift before sending him away. These passages share the semantic core of an officially allocated food supply, often with connotations of sustenance granted by a superior authority. 5×
AR["طَعَامًا","وَظِيفَةً","وَظِيفَةٌ","وَوَظِيفَتُهُ"]·ben["এবং-তার-ভাতা","এবং-ভাতা-তাঁর","খাদ্য","ভাতা"]·DE["[ארחה]","[ארחת]","[וארחתו]","allowance","und-sein-allowance"]·EN["a-provision","allowance","an-allowance","and-his-allowance"]·FR["[ארחה]","[ארחת]","[וארחתו]","allowance","et-son-allowance"]·heb["ארוחה","ארוחת","ו-ארוחתו"]·HI["और-उसका-भोजन","और-भोजन-उसका","भोजन"]·ID["Dan-jatahnya","bekal-makanan","dan-jatahnya","jatah"]·IT["[ארחה]","[ארחת]","[וארחתו]","allowance","e-suo-allowance"]·jav["Lan-sangu-dhaharan-ipun","gaji","lan-gaji","sangu","sangu-dhaharan"]·KO["그리고-그-의-수당은","그리고-수당이-그의","수당으로","수당이","양식과"]·PT["E-alimento-dele","E-sua-provisão","alimento-de","provisão"]·RU["И-содержание-его","и-содержание-его","пищу","содержание"]·ES["Y-su-ración","porción","provisiones","ración","y-su-porción"]·SW["Na-posho-yake","na-posho-yake","posho","posho-ya-"]·TR["odenegi","payı","ve-odenegi","ve-payı","yiyecek"]·urd["اور-اُس-کا-وظیفہ","اور-وظیفہ-اُس-کا","خوراک","وظیفہ"]
2. meal, portion of food — A meal or serving of food in a general domestic sense, without the connotation of an official ration. In Proverbs 15:17, 'a dinner of herbs (aruchat yaraq) where love is' contrasts a modest meal with a lavish feast accompanied by hatred. Here the word denotes an ordinary meal or dinner rather than an institutional food allocation, emphasizing the quality of the eating occasion rather than the regularity or authority behind its provision. 1×
AR["وَجْبَةُ"]·ben["খাবার"]·DE["[ארחת]"]·EN["a-dinner-of"]·FR["ארחת"]·heb["ארוחת"]·HI["भोजन"]·ID["hidangan"]·IT["un-dinner-di"]·jav["dhaharan-saking"]·KO["한-접시"]·PT["porção-de"]·RU["угощение"]·ES["comida-de"]·SW["chakula-cha"]·TR["öğü-"]·urd["کھانا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲרֻחָה n.f. meal, allowance (of food) abs. Je 40:5; cstr. אֲרֻחַת יָרָק Pr 15:17 a portion of herbs, i.e. a slender meal; elsewhere of allowance given to captive king Jehoiachin, א׳ תָּמִיד a continual allowance 2 K 25:30 = Je 52:34; אֲרֻחָתוֹ ib. = id.