דֶּ֫רֶךְ715 noun masculine[Deut 17:16] & (less often) feminine[Exod 18:20] way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute ׳ד [Gen 38:16] +; דָּ֑רֶךְ v[Gen 38:21] +; construct דֶּרֶךְ [Gen 3:24] suffix דַּרְכִּי [Gen 24:42] + 4 t. + [2Sam 22:33] דַּרְכִּ֯ו; דַּרְכְּךָ [Hos 10:13]; [1Kgs 19:15] דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ [Ps 5:9] + 9 t.; דַּרְכֵךְ [Jer 2:23] + 8 t.; דַּרְכּוֺ [Gen 6:12] +; דַּרְכָּהּ [1Sam 1:18]; [Job 28:23] דַּרְכֵּנוּ [Judg 18:5] + 2 t.; דַּרְכְּכֶם [Gen 19:2] + 3 t., דַּרָכָּם [1Kgs 2:4] +; dual דְּרָכַיִם [Prov 28:6]; [Prov 28:18] plural דְּרָכִים [Deut 28:7] + 6 t.; construct דַּרְכֵי [Prov 3:17] + 24 t.; suffix דְּרָכַי [Job 13:15] + 17 t., דְּרָכָ֑י [Ps 95:10] + 4 t.; דְּרָכֶיךָ [Deut 28:29] + 16 t.; דְּרָכֶךָ [Exod 33:13] + 2 t.; דְּרָכַיִךְ [Jer 3:18] + 4 t.; דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ [Ezek 7:3] + 3 t.; דְּרָכָיו [Deut 10:12] +; דְּרָכֶיהָ [Prov 3:17] + 3 t.; דְּרָכֵינוּ [Lam 3:40]; [Zech 1:6] דַּרְכֵיכֶם [Lev 26:22] + 17 t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶם [Jer 16:17] + 5 t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶן [Ezek 16:47] —
1. way, road, path [Gen 35:3] (
E)
[Gen 38:16];
[Gen 38:21] (both
J)
[Gen 48:7] (
P),
[Gen 49:17] (
J; poem)
[Lev 26:22] (
H, only here in Leviticus)
[Num 22:22];
[Num 22:23] (3 t. in verse);
[Num 22:31];
[Num 22:34] (all
J E)
[Deut 6:7];
[Deut 22:4];
[Deut 22:6];
[Deut 23:5];
[Deut 24:9];
[Deut 25:17];
[Deut 25:18];
(
D)
[Ruth 1:7];
[1Sam 4:13] (on text compare
Dr)
[1Sam 15:2];
[1Sam 24:4];
[2Sam 16:13];
[1Kgs 13:9];
[1Kgs 13:10] (twice in verse);
[1Kgs 13:12];
[1Kgs 13:17];
[1Kgs 13:24] (twice in verse);
[1Kgs 13:25];
[1Kgs 13:26];
[1Kgs 13:28];
[1Kgs 18:6] (twice in verse);
[1Kgs 18:7];
[1Kgs 20:38];
[2Kgs 2:23];
[2Kgs 3:8];
[2Kgs 6:19];
[2Kgs 19:33] =
[Isa 37:29];
[Isa 37:34];
[Hos 6:9];
[Hos 13:7];
[Isa 43:16];
[Isa 43:19];
[Isa 49:9];
[Isa 49:11];
[Isa 51:10];
[Isa 57:14] (twice in verse);
[Jer 6:25];
[Lam 1:5];
[Ezek 21:24];
[Ezek 21:25];
[Ezek 42:11];
[Ezek 42:12];
[Ps 107:40];
[Ps 110:7];
[Prov 7:8];
[Prov 8:2];
[Prov 26:13];
[Eccl 10:3];
[Eccl 12:5] construct
way of (often = to, toward)
עֵץ הַחַיִּים ׳ד [Gen 3:24] (
J)
שׁוּר ׳ד [Gen 16:7] (
J)
אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ד [Exod 13:17] (
E)
הַבָּשָׁן ׳ד [Num 21:33] (
JE); compare
[Deut 1:2];
[Deut 1:19];
[Deut 3:1];
[Josh 2:7] (
JE)
[Josh 12:3];
[1Sam 6:9];
[1Sam 6:12];
[1Sam 13:17];
[1Sam 13:18] (twice in verse);
[1Sam 17:52];
[2Kgs 3:20];
[Isa 15:5];
[Jer 2:18] (twice in verse);
[Jer 50:5];
[Ezek 47:15];
[Ezek 48:1] הַמִּדְבָּר ׳ד (of different ways)
[Exod 13:18] (
E)
[Josh 8:15] (
JE)
[Judg 20:42], compare
[Deut 2:8];
[2Sam 2:24];
[2Kgs 3:8] ׳ד אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר [2Sam 15:23] is corrupt; read
הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ׳ד בַּטִּדְבָּר ᵐ5L Dr compare
We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.;
הָעֲרָבָה ׳ד [Deut 2:8] and (with different reference)
[2Sam 4:7];
[2Kgs 25:4] =
[Jer 52:7];
[Jer 39:4] הַכִּכָּר ׳ד [2Sam 18:23] יַםסֿוּף ׳ד [Num 14:25];
[Num 21:4] (
JE)
[Deut 1:40];
[Deut 2:1] often of gateway, as
הַשַּׁעַר ׳ד [2Sam 15:2] compare
[2Kgs 11:19];
[2Kgs 25:4] =
[Jer 52:7];
[Ezek 9:2];
[Ezek 43:4];
[Ezek 44:1];
[Ezek 44:4];
[Ezek 46:9] (5 t. in verse);
[Ezek 47:2] ׳ד אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר [Ezek 44:3];
[Ezek 46:2];
[Ezek 46:8] בֵּית הַגָּן ׳ד [2Kgs 9:27],
גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳ד [Jer 39:4] הַיָּם ׳ד [Isa 8:23] (compare Commentaries & Schumacher
Jaulan 63 and PEFApr. 1889, 78);
מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ׳ד [2Kgs 11:16] followed by
ָ ה locative
[Gen 35:19] (
E),
[Gen 38:14] (
J)
[Gen 48:7] (
P; read
אפרתה Ol);
הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ׳ד [Num 20:17];
[Num 21:22] (both
J E; Arabic
of different highroads, compare
Seetzeni. 61, 132, ii. 336 RobBR iii. 141 Di; =
מְסִלָּה [Num 20:19]) i.e. the
highway, used by king with his army; compare ||
בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ [Deut 2:27] i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves
בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ [Ps 77:20] (||
וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים);
וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ [Nah 1:3] compare
בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ ׳י ׳ד [Isa 40:8] (||
יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also
[Mal 3:1], compare
[Isa 43:16];
[Isa 43:19] (way made by
׳י) &
[Isa 51:10] path of lighting
[Job 28:26];
[Job 38:25] of light
[Job 38:19];
[Job 38:24], of camel (
בִּכְרָה)
[Jer 2:23], of locusts
[Joel 2:7] (plural); see further the four wonderful things
[Prov 30:19] the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and
the way of a man with a maid (i.e. no trace is left in any case); compare also v
[Prov 30:20] כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death
אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ [Josh 23:14] I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (
D); so also
[1Kgs 2:2] (compare
[Gen 19:31] 4 a).
2. journey [Gen 24:21]; [Gen 24:40]; [Gen 24:42]; [Gen 24:56] (all J) [Num 9:10]; [Num 9:13] (P) [Josh 9:11]; [Josh 9:13] (both J E) [1Kgs 18:27]; [1Kgs 19:7] ׳רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ; ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת ד [Judg 17:8] בְּאֵר ׳ד שָׁ֑בַע [Amos 8:14] (journey of — to — Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious, ᵐ5 ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; HoffmZAW 1883, 123 proposes דֹּדְךָ, We בְּאֵרְךָ compare BuThLz 1892, 62); דֶּרֶךְ חֹל [1Sam 21:6] a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ׳ד [Gen 30:36] (J) [Exod 3:18]; [Exod 5:3]; [Exod 8:23]; [Num 10:33] (twice in verse) (all J E), [Num 33:8] (P) compare also [Gen 31:23] (E) [Num 11:31] (twice in verse) (JE), [1Kgs 19:4]; [2Kgs 3:9] go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ [Gen 19:2] (J), [Gen 32:2] (E), [Gen 33:16] (J), [Num 24:25]; [Josh 2:16] (both J E), [Judg 18:26]; [Judg 19:27]; [1Sam 1:18]; [1Sam 26:25]; [1Sam 30:2]; [1Kgs 1:49]; [Jer 28:11], see הלך; also ׳הָפַךְ לְד [1Sam 25:12], & (figurative) ׳פָּנָה לְד [Isa 53:6] (so [Isa 56:11] 5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים [Jer 3:13].
3. of direction, almost or quite = toward, [1Kgs 8:44]; [1Kgs 8:48] = [2Chr 6:34]; [2Chr 6:38] pray toward the city, etc.; [2Chr 18:43] look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. צָפוֺנָה ׳ד [Ezek 8:5] (twice in verse); compare [Ezek 21:2]; [Ezek 40:6] construct הַקָּדִים ׳ד [Ezek 40:10] (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co) v[Ezek 40:22]; [Ezek 43:1] הַצָּפוֺן ׳ד v[Ezek 43:20] compare הַדָּרוֺם ׳ד v[Ezek 43:24] v[Ezek 43:24], הַיָּם ׳ד [Ezek 41:12], הֶחָצֵר ׳ד [Ezek 42:7] etc. (c. 28 t. Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ [Ezek 9:2] compare [Ezek 43:2]; [Ezek 44:3] on אַמָּה אֶחָת ׳ד [Ezek 42:4] see VB Co Da) compare לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים [Job 24:18].
4. way, manner:
\ \ a. usage כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ד [Gen 19:31] (J; compare also [Josh 23:14]; [1Kgs 2:2] above)
\ \ b. = customary experience, or condition נָשִׁים ׳ד [Gen 31:35] (E).
\ \ c. מִצְרַיִם ׳ד [Amos 4:10] the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; [Isa 10:24]; [Isa 10:26].
\ \ d. habit of animals, ants [Prov 6:6] (plural)
5. figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ [Deut 28:29] compare [Josh 1:8] (D) [1Sam 18:14]; [2Sam 22:33] = [Ps 18:33]; [Job 3:23]; [Job 8:19]; [Job 17:9]; [Job 22:28]; [Job 24:23]; [Job 31:4]; [Job 34:21]; [Ps 10:5]; [Ps 35:6]; [Ps 37:5]; [Ps 37:7]; [Ps 37:23]; [Ps 91:11]; [Ps 102:24]; [Ps 119:37]; [Ps 128:1]; [Ps 139:3]; [Ps 146:9]; [Prov 2:8]; [Prov 3:6]; [Prov 3:23]; [Prov 11:5]; [Prov 20:24]; [Prov 29:27]; [Prov 31:3]; [Isa 40:27]; [Isa 45:13]; [Isa 48:15]; [Isa 55:8]; [Isa 55:9]; [Jer 2:36]; [Jer 10:23]; [Jer 12:1]; [Jer 23:12]; [Lam 3:9]; [Lam 3:11]; [Hos 2:8]; [Hos 9:8]; [Hos 10:13]; (עְנָוִים ׳ד); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו [2Chr 13:22] of Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו [2Chr 27:7] of Ahaz וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים [2Chr 28:26] אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ׳ד [Isa 3:12] compare also [Isa 30:11] and [Isa 57:18] = gain [Isa 56:11], pleasure, etc. [Isa 58:13].
6. a. of moral action and character הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ [Gen 6:12] (
P); compare
[Jer 3:21] יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם [1Kgs 2:4];
[1Kgs 8:25] =
[2Chr 6:16] compare v
[2Chr 6:39] =
[2Chr 6:30] ׳הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י [2Chr 27:6];
[Ps 5:9];
[Ps 39:2];
[Ps 49:14];
[Ps 50:23];
[Ps 119:5];
[Ps 119:26];
[Ps 119:59];
[Ps 119:168];
[Prov 4:26];
[Prov 5:8];
[Prov 5:21];
[Prov 10:9];
[Prov 14:2];
[Prov 14:8];
[Prov 14:12];
[Prov 16:2];
[Prov 16:7];
[Prov 16:9];
[Prov 16:17];
[Prov 16:25];
[Prov 19:3];
[Prov 19:16];
[Prov 21:2];
[Prov 21:29];
[Jer 2:33];
[Jer 6:27];
[Jer 7:3];
[Jer 7:5];
[Jer 16:17];
[Jer 17:10];
[Jer 18:11];
[Jer 18:15];
[Jer 26:13];
[Jer 32:19] (twice in verse);
[Lam 3:40];
[Ezek 7:3];
[Ezek 7:8];
[Ezek 7:9];
[Ezek 7:27];
[Ezek 14:22];
[Ezek 14:23];
[Ezek 18:25];
[Ezek 18:29];
[Ezek 18:30];
[Ezek 24:14];
[Ezek 28:15];
[Ezek 33:17];
[Ezek 33:20];
[Ezek 36:19];
[Hag 1:5];
[Hag 1:7];
[Zech 1:6] דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ [Eccl 11:9] compare
[Isa 57:17] (&
[Jer 32:39] \ \
c. below)
\ \
b. of duty (commanded by
׳י, etc.)
יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ ׳הַדּ [Exod 18:20] (
E) compare
[Exod 32:8] (
JE)
[Deut 9:12];
[Deut 9:16];
[Deut 13:6];
[Deut 31:29];
[Ps 25:8];
[Ps 25:12];
[Ps 32:8];
[Ps 119:1];
[Ps 143:8];
[Prov 21:16];
[Prov 22:6];
[Prov 23:19];
[Isa 30:21];
[Isa 48:17];
[Jer 7:23];
[Mal 2:8] so too, of wisdom
דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם [Prov 3:17],
חָכְמָה ׳ד [Prov 4:11];
[Prov 8:32] compare
[Prov 23:26] בִּינָה ׳ד [Prov 9:6] compare
[Isa 40:14].
\ \
c. specifically: in good sense
הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה ׳ד [1Sam 12:23];
[1Kgs 8:36] =
[2Chr 6:27] compare
[Prov 16:31];
[Jer 6:16] תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ [Job 4:6] compare
[Job 22:8];
[Prov 13:6] דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light)
[Job 24:13] (||
נְתִיבֹתָיו);
צַדִּיקִים ׳ד [Ps 1:6],
טוֺבִים ׳ד [Prov 2:20],
יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ [Ps 37:14],
תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ [Prov 11:20];
[Ps 119:1] תָּמִים ׳ד [Ps 101:2];
[Ps 101:6],
אֱמוּנָה ׳ד [Ps 119:30],
שָׁלוֺם ׳דּ [Isa 59:8] עוֺלָּם ׳ד [Ps 139:24],
חַיִּים ׳ד [Prov 6:23], compare
[Prov 12:28];
[Jer 21:8] (opposed to
המות ׳ד see below); without modifier
[1Sam 8:3];
[1Sam 8:5];
[Job 13:15];
[Job 23:10],
׳לֵב אֶחָד וְד אֶחָד [Jer 32:39] compare also
\ \
a. above; especially construct before names of good kings
[1Kgs 22:43];
[2Kgs 22:2];
[2Chr 11:17];
[2Chr 20:32];
[2Chr 21:12] (twice in verse) (plural) so
[2Chr 34:2] compare
דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים [2Chr 17:3] the first ways of David; also
דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי [Jer 12:16].
\ \
d. oftener in bad sense
דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה [Judg 2:19],
דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה [1Kgs 13:33],
רַע ׳ד [Prov 2:12];
[Prov 8:13];
[Prov 28:10] compare
[2Kgs 17:13];
[2Chr 7:14];
[Jer 18:11];
[Jer 23:22];
[Jer 25:5];
[Jer 26:3];
[Jer 35:15];
[Jer 36:2];
[Jer 36:7];
[Ezek 3:18];
[Ezek 3:19];
[Ezek 13:22];
[Ezek 20:44];
[Ezek 33:11];
[Jonah 3:8];
[Jonah 3:10];
[Zech 1:4] לֹא טוֺב ׳ד [Ps 36:5];
[Prov 16:29];
[Isa 65:2] דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה [Ezek 16:27] compare with completed metaphor
לֹא סְלוּלָה ׳ד [Jer 18:15] further
שֶׁקֶר ׳ד [Ps 119:29],
עֹצֶב ׳ד [Ps 139:24],
פִּשְׁעָם ׳ד [Ps 107:17] דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ [
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