Meaning of the name: length; health; physic. Related names are: Babel, Calneh,
Shinar, and Accad. The translations of Erech in 17 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Erek in Norwegian to
এরক in Bengali!
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. (GEN 10:10)