a.rach denotes travel, especially an itinerant person, and once describes walking in company with wicked men.

The attested use most often presents a person on the move: a singular active participle occurs of a traveler arriving or lodging, while a plural participle appears in a lament whose APB wording does not isolate its contribution. A perfect form in Job describes walking in company with evildoers and wicked men.

1. An itinerant person or traveler · dominant

   The singular active participle identifies the person who comes to the rich man in 2 Samuel 12:4 and the traveler encountered in the city street in Judges 19:17. In Jeremiah 14:8, the APB renders the comparison as a “traveler who turns aside to lodge”; Jeremiah 9:1 has the plural active participle within a lament, though the APB does not make its specific contribution clear.

   2 Samuel 12:4Jeremiah 14:8Jeremiah 9:1Judges 19:17
2. Walking in another group's company · rare

   In Job 34:8, the Qal perfect occurs in the question about one who “keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men,” showing travel or walking framed as association with those people.

   Job 34:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the participial occurrences with “traveller,” “sojourner,” and “traveler,” while Job 34:8 uses “keeps company” and “walks.” Jeremiah 9:1 does not visibly represent the plural form in the supplied translation.