אֲרַק

[אֲרַק] noun [feminine] earth (= [אֲרַע]; ארקא Egyptian Aramaic S-C^{Pap. B 15} + often (sometimes also ארעא, as ib.¹⁶), Nineveh and Babylonian Aramaic Cooke¹⁹², also Mandean Nö^{M§ 66, Zinjirli}, Lzb²²⁷ Cooke¹⁶⁶ (compare 183); עק֑, as Zinjirli מוצאמ֑וקא, רצהר֑קי, Cooke^{166, 185}; compare K^{§ 7, 2 and anm. i and references}, Cooke¹⁸⁵ Nö^{ZMG xivii (1893), 100}; M § 66 Gunk^{Schöpf. 18} Lzb^{Eph. I. 223} SAC^{JQ, 1903-4, 273}); — emphatic אַרְקָא Jer 10,11a.