- Original: ערג - Transliteration: `arag - Phonetic: aw-rag' - Definition: 1. (Qal) to long for, pant after - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1691 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to long for: - cry pant. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • cry, 1 Joel 1:20 • panteth, 2 Psalm 42:1(2)