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ʾerex אֶ֫רֶךְ ‘Erech’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾārax אָרַךְ ‘to prolong’
Roots: ארך

ʾerex pr n loc
Erech = "long"
1) a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river

Mentioned in Genesis 10:10

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