The first occurrence.
And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim. Gen 14:8
(In the Scripture Picture: My voice you shall hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct it to You, and will look up.)
The primitive root.
Strong’s H6186 ארך arak, a primitive root meaning, “to arrange in order.” The 3-letter root is aleph + resh + kaph.
aleph א = the ox head, thus strength, power, leader
resh ר = the head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
kaph כ, ך = the open palm, thus bend, open, allow, tame
The story: The strength (aleph) of a man (resh) tames (kaph) that which is in his purview. The r–k (or g) root can be seen in the Latin regulus, the diminutive of rex, a king.
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