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Dear David,
The following is quote from TWOT, Vol. 1, page 72, by
V.P.H. (Victor P. Hamilton),
" 'arek. "Long." Appears only in the
construct for 'erek, never in the absolute. It is used fifteen times. It is used
ten times in connection with God, four times in connection with man (Prov 14:29;
15:18; 16:32; Eccl 7:8), once in connection with the wingspread of a bird (Ezk
17:3).
Applied to either God or man it is used
most frequently in construct to the word 'appayim, and is translated
"longsuffering, slow to anger/wrath.: Literally, when the Bible says God is
"longsuffering" (Ex 34:6; Numb 14:18; Ps 86:15, etc.) it reads "God is long of
nose." When he is angry, his nose becomes red and burns. It may be questioned
whether in the living language the idioms had not already dropped their
etymological associations and did not merely mean to be longsuffering and to be
angry. When he is compassionate his nose becomes long, so long in fact that it
would take forever to burn completely."
I hope this helps?
En Xpistw,
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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