a.rakh denotes setting an assessed value, whether by a priest for vowed property or for land payment.

The attested use concerns assigning an assessed value: priests set values for a person, an animal, or a consecrated house in Leviticus, while Jehoiakim assesses the land to obtain silver and gold in 2 Kings.

1. Assigning an assessed value · dominant

   In Leviticus 27:8 the supplied Hiphil forms occur where a priest sets a value according to what the vow-maker can afford; in Leviticus 27:12 and Leviticus 27:14, the priest's assessment of an animal or consecrated house is to stand. In 2 Kings 23:35, the Hiphil perfect occurs in the clause about assessing the land so that silver and gold may be delivered to Pharaoh.

   Leviticus 27:8Leviticus 27:12Leviticus 27:142 Kings 23:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the clauses with “set the value,” “assess its value,” “valuation,” and “assessed the land.” These expressions confirm the valuation setting of the clauses without assigning each English phrase to a particular form.