דֶּ֫רֶךְ 715 noun masculineDeuteronomy 17:16 & (less often)
feminineExodus 18:20 way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute
ד׳ Genesis 38:16 +;
דָּ֑רֶךְ Genesis 38:21 +; construct
דֶּרֶךְ Genesis 3:24; suffix
דַּרְכִּי Genesis 24:42 +
4 times +
2 Samuel 22:33 דַּרְכִּ֯ו;
דַּרְכְּךָ Hosea 10:13;
1 Kings 19:15;
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 5:9 +
9 times;
דַּרְכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:23 +
8 times;
דַּרְכּוֺ Genesis 6:12 +;
דַּרְכָּהּ 1 Samuel 1:18;
Job 28:23;
דַּרְכֵּנוּ Judges 18:5 +
2 times;
דַּרְכְּכֶם Genesis 19:2 +
3 times,
דַּרָכָּם 1 Kings 2:4 +; dual
דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6,
18; plural
דְּרָכִים Deuteronomy 28:7 +
6 times; construct
דַּרְכֵי Proverbs 3:17 +
24 times; suffix
דְּרָכַי Job 13:15 +
17 times,
דְּרָכָ֑י Psalm 95:10 +
4 times;
דְּרָכֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:29 +
16 times;
דְּרָכֶךָ Exodus 33:13 +
2 times;
דְּרָכַיִךְ Jeremiah 3:18 +
4 times;
דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 7:3 +
3 times;
דְּרָכָיו Deuteronomy 10:12 +;
דְּרָכֶיהָ Proverbs 3:17 +
3 times;
דְּרָכֵינוּ Lamentations 3:40;
Zechariah 1:6;
דַּרְכֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:22 +
17 times;
דַּרְכֵיהֶם Jeremiah 16:17 +
5 times;
דַּרְכֵיהֶן Ezekiel 16:47; —
1. way, road, path Genesis 35:3 (E)
Genesis 38:16,
21 (both J)
Genesis 48:7 (P),
Genesis 49:17 (J; poem)
Leviticus 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus)
Numbers 22:22,
23 (
3 times in verse);
Numbers 22:31,
34 (all J E)
Deuteronomy 6:7;
Deuteronomy 22:4,
6;
Deuteronomy 23:5;
Deuteronomy 24:9;
Deuteronomy 25:17,
18;
Joshua 3:4 (D)
Ruth 1:7;
1 Samuel 4:13 (on text compare Dr)
1 Samuel 15:2;
1 Samuel 24:4;
2 Samuel 16:13;
1 Kings 13:9,
10 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 13:12,
17,
24 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 13:25,
26,
28;
1 Kings 18:6 (twice in verse);
1 Kings 18:7;
1 Kings 20:38;
2 Kings 2:23;
2 Kings 3:8;
2 Kings 6:19;
2 Kings 7:15,
19:28;
2 Kings 19:33 =
Isaiah 37:29,
34;
Hosea 6:9;
Hosea 13:7;
Isaiah 43:16,
19;
Isaiah 49:9,
11;
Isaiah 51:10;
Isaiah 57:14 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 6:25;
Lamentations 1:5;
Ezekiel 21:24;
Ezekiel 21:25;
Ezekiel 42:11,
12;
Joel 2:7;
Ezra 8:22,
31;
Job 12:24;
Psalm 107:40;
Psalm 110:7;
Proverbs 7:8;
Proverbs 8:2;
Proverbs 26:13;
Ecclesiastes 10:3;
Ecclesiastes 12:5; construct
way of (often = to, toward)
עֵץ הַחַיִּים ד׳ Genesis 3:24 (J)
שׁוּר ד׳ Genesis 16:7 (J)
פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶרֶץ ד׳ Exodus 13:17 (E)
הַבָּשָׁן ד׳ Numbers 21:33 (JE); compare
Deuteronomy 1:2,
19;
Deuteronomy 3:1;
Joshua 2:7 (JE)
Joshua 12:3;
1 Samuel 6:9,
12;
1 Samuel 13:17,
18 (twice in verse);
1 Samuel 17:52;
2 Kings 3:20;
Isaiah 15:5;
Jeremiah 2:18 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 50:5;
Ezekiel 47:15;
Ezekiel 48:1;
הַמִּדְבָּר ד׳ (of different ways)
Exodus 13:18 (E)
Joshua 8:15 (JE)
Judges 20:42, compare
Deuteronomy 2:8;
2 Samuel 2:24;
2 Kings 3:8;
ד׳ אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read
הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ד׳ בַּטִּדְבָּר 
Dr compare We
the way of the olive-tree which, etc.;
הָעֲרָבָה ד׳ Deuteronomy 2:8 and (with different reference)
2 Samuel 4:7;
2 Kings 25:4 =
Jeremiah 52:7;
Jeremiah 39:4;
הַכִּכָּר ד׳ 2 Samuel 18:23;
יַםסֿוּף ד׳ Numbers 14:25;
Numbers 21:4 (JE)
Deuteronomy 1:40;
Deuteronomy 2:1; often of gateway, as
הַשַּׁעַר ד׳ 2 Samuel 15:2 compare
2 Kings 11:19;
2 Kings 25:4 =
Jeremiah 52:7;
Ezekiel 9:2;
Ezekiel 43:4;
Ezekiel 44:1,
4;
Ezekiel 46:9 (
5 times in verse);
Ezekiel 47:2;
ד׳ אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 44:3;
Ezekiel 46:2,
8;
בֵּית הַגָּן ד׳ 2 Kings 9:27,
גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ד׳ Jeremiah 39:4;
הַיָּם ד׳ Isaiah 8:23 (compare Commentaries & Schumacher
Jaulan 63 and PEF Apr. 1889, 78);
מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ד׳ 2 Kings 11:16; followed by
ָ ה locative
Genesis 35:19 (E),
Genesis 38:14 (J)
Genesis 48:7 (P; read
אפרתה Ol);
הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ד׳ †
Numbers 20:17;
Numbers 21:22 (both J E; Arabic
درب السلطان of different highroads, compare Seetzen
i. 61, 132, ii. 336 Rob
BR iii. 141 Di; =
מְסִלָּה Numbers 20:19) i.e. the
highway, used by king with his army; compare ||
בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ Deuteronomy 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves †
בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:20 (||
וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים);
וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nahum 1:3; compare
פַּנּוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר י׳ ד׳ Isaiah 40:3 (||
יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also
Malachi 3:1, compare
Isaiah 43:16,
19 (way made by
י׳) &
Isaiah 51:10; path of lighting
Job 28:26;
Job 38:25; of light
Job 38:19,
24, of camel (
בִּכְרָה)
Jeremiah 2:23, of locusts
Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things
Proverbs 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
Proverbs 30:20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death
אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also
1 Kings 2:2 (compare
Genesis 19:31 4a).
2. journey Genesis 24:21,
40,
42,
56 (all J)
Numbers 9:10,
13 (P)
Joshua 9:11,
13 (both J E)
1 Kings 18:27;
1 Kings 19:7 רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ׳;
לַעֲשׂוֺת ד׳ Judges 17:8;
בְּאֵר ד׳ שָׁ֑בַע Amos 8:14 (
journey of — to —
Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious,
ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; Hoffm
ZAW 1883, 123 proposes
דֹּדְךָ, We
בְּאֵרְךָ compare Bu
ThLz 1892, 62);
דֶּרֶךְ חֹל 1 Samuel 21:6 a common (not sacred)
journery; especially with temporary modification
שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ד׳ Genesis 30:36 (J)
Exodus 3:18;
Exodus 5:3;
Exodus 8:23;
Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E),
Numbers 33:8 (P) compare also
Genesis 31:23 (E)
Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE),
1 Kings 19:4;
2 Kings 3:9;
go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ †
Genesis 19:2 (J),
Genesis 32:2 [Genesis 32:1 (E), Genesis 33:16 (J), Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16 (both J E), Judges 18:26; Judges 19:27; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 30:2; 1 Kings 1:49; Jeremiah 28:11, see הלך; also הָפַךְ לְד׳ † 1 Samuel 25:12, & (figurative) לִד׳ פָּנָה † Isaiah 53:6 (so Isaiah 56:11 5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jeremiah 3:13.
†4., way, manner:
b. = customary experience, or condition
נָשִׁים ד׳ Genesis 31:35 (E).
6.
†a. of moral action and character
הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 6:12 (P); compare
Jeremiah 3:21;
יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם 1 Kings 2:4;
1 Kings 8:25 2 Chronicles 6:16; compare
2 Chronicles 6:39 2 Chronicles 6:30;
הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 Chronicles 27:6;
Psalm 5:9;
Psalm 39:2;
Psalm 49:14;
Psalm 50:23;
Psalm 119:5;
Psalm 119:26;
Psalm 119:59;
Psalm 119:168;
Proverbs 4:26;
Proverbs 5:8,
21;
Proverbs 10:9;
Proverbs 14:2,
8,
12;
Proverbs 16:2,
7,
9,
17,
25;
Proverbs 19:3,
16;
Proverbs 21:2,
29;
Jeremiah 2:33;
Jeremiah 6:27;
Jeremiah 7:3,
5;
Jeremiah 16:17;
Jeremiah 17:10;
Jeremiah 18:11,
15;
Jeremiah 26:13;
Jeremiah 32:19 (twice in verse);
Lamentations 3:40;
Ezekiel 7:3;
Ezekiel 7:8;
Ezekiel 7:9;
Ezekiel 7:27;
Ezekiel 14:22;
Ezekiel 14:23;
Ezekiel 18:25;
Ezekiel 18:29;
Ezekiel 18:30;
Ezekiel 24:14;
Ezekiel 28:15;
Ezekiel 33:17;
Ezekiel 33:20;
Ezekiel 36:19;
Haggai 1:5;
Haggai 1:7;
Zechariah 1:6;
דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9 compare
Isaiah 57:17 (&
Jeremiah 32:39 c. below).
†d. oftener in bad sense
דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judges 2:19,
דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה 1 Kings 13:33,
רַע ד׳ Proverbs 2:12;
Proverbs 8:13;
Proverbs 28:10; compare
2 Kings 17:13;
2 Chronicles 7:14;
Jeremiah 18:11;
Jeremiah 23:22;
Jeremiah 25:5;
Jeremiah 26:3;
Jeremiah 35:15;
Jeremiah 36:2,
7;
Ezekiel 3:18,
19;
Ezekiel 13:22;
Ezekiel 20:44;
Ezekiel 33:11;
Jonah 3:8,
10;
Zechariah 1:4;
לֹא טוֺב ד׳ Psalm 36:5;
Proverbs 16:29;
Isaiah 65:2;
דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה Ezekiel 16:27; compare with completed metaphor
לֹא סְלוּלָה ד׳ Jeremiah 18:15; further
שֶׁקֶר ד׳ Psalm 119:29,
עֹצֶב ד׳ Psalm 139:24,
פִּשְׁעָם ד׳ Psalm 107:17;
דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Proverbs 2:13;
דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Proverbs 14:12 =
Proverbs 16:25;
דרך המות Jeremiah 21:8, compare above
c;
עָצֵל ד׳ Proverbs 15:19 (compare
Proverbs 6:6);
חַטָּאִים ד׳ Psalm 1:1 compare
Psalm 1:6;
Proverbs 1:15;
Proverbs 3:31;
Proverbs 4:19 (
רְשָׁעִים ד׳),
Proverbs 12:15 (
אֱוִיל ד׳),
Proverbs 13:15 (
בֹּגְדִים ד׳), also
Proverbs 15:9;
Proverbs 21:8;
Isaiah 55:7;
עִקֵּשׁ ד׳ Proverbs 22:5, compare
עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6 compare
Proverbs 28:18; further, without modifier,
Hosea 4:9;
Hosea 12:3;
Proverbs 7:25;
Proverbs 14:14;
Isaiah 53:6;
Isaiah 66:3;
Jeremiah 2:23 (of idolatry
רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא)
Jeremiah 2:33;
Jeremiah 4:11 (compare Hi Gf)
Jeremiah 4:18;
Jeremiah 15:7;
Jeremiah 22:1;
Ezekiel 16:47 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 16:61;
Ezekiel 18:23;
Ezekiel 20:43;
Ezekiel 23:13,
31;
Ezekiel 33:8,
9 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 33:11;
Ezekiel 36:17 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 36:31.
Ezekiel 36:32 compare also below
a. above;
לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ 1 Kings 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him =
2 Chronicles 6:23, compare
Ezekiel 7:4;
Ezekiel 9:10;
Ezekiel 11:21;
Ezekiel 16:43;
Ezekiel 22:31;
דַּרְכָּם פְּרִי Proverbs 1:31; especially construct before names of bad kings
יָרָבְעָם ד׳ 1 Kings 15:34 (compare
1 Kings 15:26)
1 Kings 16:2,
19,
26;
1 Kings 22:53 compare
1 Kings 22:53;
1 Kings 22:53; also
מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ד׳ 2 Kings 8:18;
2 Kings 16:3;
2 Chronicles 21:6,
13;
28:2 (plural);
דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kings 8:27 2 Chronicles 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab);
הָעָם הַזֶּה ד׳ Isaiah 8:11,
הַגּוֺיִם ד׳ Jeremiah 10:2,
ד׳ אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 20:30 compare
2 Kings 21:21.
†e. way of י׳ :
(
a) = his creative activity
Job 26:14; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus)
הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵיאֵֿל Job 40:19 (hyperbole); compare of wisdom
רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 8:22;
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