אֹֽרְח֖וֹת — Isaiah 21:13 Hebrew Word Study

אֹֽרְח֖וֹת

𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤕

orechot

O caravans

feminine active participle of אָרַח; a caravan; (travelling) company.

Isaiah 21:13 · Word #6

Lexicon `H736`

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`p` — Plural — Plural
State	`c` — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

wayfaring-companies of

Root	ארח (ʾ-r-ḥ)
Core Meanings	to travel, journey, wayfaring, path-making
Semantic Range	caravans, traveling bands, merchant groups, journeying companies, paths (in extended poetic usage)
Conceptual Significance	In biblical literature, such traveling companies often evoke long-distance trade, pilgrimage, or nomadic movement. The term reflects the lived reality of caravan travel in the ancient Near East and can symbolize transience, interconnectedness between regions, or the flow of peoples and goods across the land.
Morphological Notes	Feminine plural noun in construct state from אֹרְחָה (ʼôrᵉchâh). The construct form links it to a following genitive noun ("companies of …").
Rendering Rationale	The noun derives from the root ארח (ʾ-r-ḥ), "to travel" or "to journey," and refers to groups characterized by traveling. Rendering it as "wayfaring-companies" preserves the verbal sense of journeying inherent in the root. The form is feminine plural construct (HNcfpc), reflected in the plural "companies" and the construct relation expressed by "of."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H733-01`	arach	Wayfarer
`H734-01`	arechekha	your well-trodden path
`H734-02`	arechi	my well-trodden path
`H734-03`	arecho	his well-trodden path
`H734-04`	arechot	well-trodden paths of
`H734-05`	arechotay	my trodden paths
`H734-06`	arechoteyhem	their well-trodden paths
`H737-01`	aruchah	an appointed portion
`H737-02`	aruchat	appointed portion of
`H734-07`	beorach	a well-trodden path
`H734-08`	beorechotayv	in his well-trodden paths
`H734-09`	haorach	the well-trodden path
`H732-01`	haorecha	the wayfaring man
`H734-10`	laorach	to the well-trodden path
`H732-02`	laorecha	for the wayfaring-man
`H734-11`	orach	well-trodden path
`H734-12`	orachot	well-trodden paths
`H736-01`	orechat	traveling-company of
`H735-01`	orechatakhe	your pathways
`H732-03`	orechim	wayfaring men
`H734-13`	orechotam	their well-trodden paths
`H734-14`	orechotayv	his well-trodden paths
`H734-15`	orechoteykha	your well-trodden paths
`H734-16`	rchtv	his well-trodden path
`H734-17`	ukheorach	and according to the well-trodden path of
`H732-04`	ukheorecha	and like a journeying man
`H776-53`	vaaratsot	in-the-firm-lands
`H737-03`	vaaruchato	and his allotted-portion
`H732-05`	vearach	and he journeyed
`H734-18`	vearechot	and well-trodden paths of
`H734-19`	veorach	and a well-trodden path
`H735-02`	veorechateh	and his pathways

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 37:25	אֹרְחַ֣ת	orechat	a caravan
Isaiah 21:13	אֹֽרְח֖וֹת	orechot	O caravans