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Lexicon :: Strong's H1980 - hālaḵ

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הָלַךְ
Transliteration
hālaḵ
Pronunciation
haw-lak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to יָלַךְ (H3212), a primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 498

Strong’s Definitions

הָלַךְ hâlak, haw-lak'; akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):—(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 500x

The KJV translates Strong's H1980 in the following manner: go (217x), walk (156x), come (16x), ...away (7x), ...along (6x), miscellaneous (98x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 500x
The KJV translates Strong's H1980 in the following manner: go (217x), walk (156x), come (16x), ...away (7x), ...along (6x), miscellaneous (98x).

  1. to go, walk, come

    1. (Qal)

      1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

      2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

    2. (Piel)

      1. to walk

      2. to walk (fig.)

    3. (Hithpael)

      1. to traverse

      2. to walk about

    4. (Niphal) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הָלַךְ hâlak, haw-lak'; akin to H3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):—(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, be eased, enter, exercise (self), follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, × more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), send, speedily, spread, still, surely, tale-bearer, travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, × be weak, whirl.
STRONGS H1980: Abbreviations
הָלַךְ 1545 verb go, come, walk (MI ואהלך, לך; SI וילכו; Late Hebrew הִלֵּךְ (rare), Aramaic הֲלַךְ, הַךְ (also Biblical Aramaic), oftener הַלֵּיךְ Pa., Kelfh, Palmyrene Ithp. אתילכא VogNo. 15, 1. 4; Assyrian alâku Dlw; also Arabic هَلَكَ perish) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ה׳ Genesis 26:26 +; הָלָ֑ךְ 2 Samuel 8:6 +; 3rd person plural הָֽלְכוּ Genesis 14:24 +; (הֶ)הָֽלְכוּא Joshua 10:24 (Ges§ 23, 3; 138, 3 b Köi. 414 f.), etc.; Imperfect rarely. Assyrian Alâku Dlw.
Imperfect rarely.
a. 3rd person masculine singular יִהֲלֹךְ [H3212 Jeremiah 9:3 [Jeremiah 9:2]] + 4 times Job, Psalms; וַיַּהֲלֹךְ Job 14:20; 3rd person feminine singular תִּהֲלַךְ Psalm 73:9; וַתִּהֲלַךְ Exodus 9:23 (Ew§ 138 b Ges§ 69, R. 8 Köi. 415); 1st person singular אֶהֱלֹךְ Job 16:22; Job 23:8 (compare MI 14.15); יִהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; usually
[H3212 b. (629 times) as if from ילך (ולך; see Hiph. Ges§ 69, 2 R. 8 Köi. 414 ff. PrätZAW 1882, 310 ff.; compare also יָלַד etc.) 3rd person masculine singular יֵלֵךְ Exodus 10:24 +; יֵלֵ֑ךְ Ecclesiastes 5:15 +; וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21; יֵלֶךְֿ Exodus 34:9 +; וַיֵּלֶךְ Genesis 12:4 (twice in verse) + 210 times, וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ Genesis 24:61 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵךְ Genesis 24:39 תֵּלֵ֑ךְ Psalm 97:3; וַתֵּ֫לֶךְ Genesis 7:18 +; 2nd person masculine singular תֵּלֵךְ etc. Genesis 3:14 +; 2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְכִי etc. Judges 4:8 (twice in verse) +; 1st person singular אֵלֵךְ Exodus 3:11 +; וָאֵלֵךְ Judges 19:18 +; וָאֵלַ֑ךְ Job 19:10; אֵלְכָה Genesis 45:28 +, אֵילְכָה Micah 1:8; 3rd person masculine plural יֵלְכו Exodus 5:7 +; יֵלֵכ֑וּן Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30] + 2 times; וַיֵּלְכוּ Genesis 9:23 (וילכו also SI4) +; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Judges 11:40 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֵּלְכוּ Genesis 42:38 +; תֵּלְכוּן Deuteronomy 6:14; תֵּלֵכ֑וּן Exodus 3:21; Isaiah 52:12; 2nd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Ruth 1:11; 1 person plural נֵלֵךְ Exodus 8:23 [Exodus 8:27] +; וַנֵּ֫לֶךְ Deuteronomy 1:19, etc.;]
Imperative rarely
a. הֲלוֺךְ Proverbs 13:20 (Kt.; Qr הֹלֵךְ, compare De Now);
[H3212 masculine plural הִלְכוּ Jeremiah 51:10 [Jeremiah 51:9]]; usually
b. 2 Chronicles 25:17;
[H3212 (241 times) masculine singular לֵךְ Genesis 26:16 + (לך also MI14), לֶךְֿ Genesis 27:9 +; לְכָה Genesis 19:32 +; לְךָ Numbers 23:13; Judges 19:13];...
[H3212 לֵ֑כָה 1 Samuel 23:17 [1 Samuel 23:16]; feminine singular לְכִי Judges 9:10 +; masculine plural לְכוּ Genesis 37:20 +; feminine plural לֵ֫כְנָה Ruth 1:8, לֵ֫כְןָ Ruth 1:12, etc.];
Infinitive absolute הָלוֺךְ Genesis 8:3 +; הָלֹךְ Genesis 31:30 +; construct rarely
a. הֲלֹךְ Exodus 3:19 + 4 times; הֲלָךְֿ Ecclesiastes 6:9; usually
b. Participle הֹלֵךְ Genesis 18:16 +; הוֺלֵךְ Genesis 15:2 +; feminine הֹלְכָה Jeremiah 3:6; הֹלֶכֶת Genesis 32:21 [Genesis 32:20]; 2 times+ הֹלָכֶתْי 2 Kings 4:23; plural הֹלְכִים Exodus 33:15 +, etc.; construct הֹלְכֵי Judges 5:6 + 3 times; feminine plural הֹלְכֹת etc. Exodus 2:5 + 3 times; — found in all documents of Hexateuch, especially J E (240 times; D + 65 times, P + 30 times + H + 14 times);—
[H3212 (129 times) לֶ֫כֶת Micah 6:8 +; לָ֑כֶת Proverbs 15:21 + 2 times; suffix לֶכְתִּי 1 Kings 2:8; לֶכְתָּם 2 Samuel 17:21 + 7 times (6 Ezekiel); לֶכְתָּן Ezekiel 1:9, 12, 17, etc.];
I. literal.
1. of persons,
a. go, proceed, move, walk [H3212 Genesis 22:6, 8]; Exodus 17:5; [H3212 Amos 3:3]; Zephaniah 1:17 + often; of cherubim [H3212 Ezekiel 10:16 — Ezekiel 1:9, 12, 19, 20, 21, 24; opposed to sitting (ישׁב) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19 (both with בַּדֶּרֶךְ); || running (רוץ) Proverbs 4:12; Isaiah 40:31, compare also 2 Chronicles 30:6]; distinguished from riding, driving Genesis 24:65 (J; followed by בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ), Judges 5:10 (עַלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ), [H7272 Isaiah 41:3] (בְּרַגְלָיו), compare [H3212 Ecclesiastes 5:1] (followed by אֶל), Ecclesiastes 10:7 (followed by עַלהָֿאָרֶץ); on usage with preposition see below; but also || וַיִּרְכַּב 1 Kings 13:12; [H3212 1 Kings 18:45 compare 2 Kings 9:16; וַיֵּלֶךְ רֹכֵב הַסּוּס 2 Kings 9:18 (followed by לִקְרָאתוֺ); נְהַג וָלֵךְוַ֗֗֗תֵּלָךְ וַתָּבאֹ 2 Kings 4:24 drive and go forward... and she went, and came.]
b. depart, go away: [H3212 Genesis 18:33] (J), and י׳ departed, Genesis 34:17 (P) then we will take our daughter and depart; compare 1 Samuel 14:3; [H3212 1 Samuel 15:27]; Exodus 3:19 (J), [H3212 Exodus 12:28] (P) 2 Kings 5:25 +; go, go out (to a specific duty etc.): of Samuel 1 Samuel 7:16, Barak Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); go out, forth (opposed to שׁוּב) Ruth 1:21 +; = go into exile (without modifier) 1 Chronicles 5:41 [1 Chronicles 6:15] compare Jeremiah 22:10 (הֹלֵךְ of one going into exile; opposed to death); see further אֲשֶׁר הָֽלְכוּ שָׁם Ezekiel 37:21.
[H3212 c. less often where English idiom requires or prefers come, (approach, arrive), verb in Hebrew being referred to starting point; mostly with preposition (on usage with preposition in general see below): — לְכָה אֵלַי 1 Samuel 17:44; so in prayer to י׳, וּלְכָה לִישֻׁעָ֫תָה לָ֫נוּ Psalm 80:3 [Psalm 80:2]; also in Yahweh's exhortations to Israel: Isaiah 55:1; (לַמַּיִם), Isaiah 55:3 (אֵלַי); come to, arrive at a land (ָ  ה locative) Genesis 29:1; come unto (אֶל) a people Ruth 2:11; but compare especially (without preposition) Imperative followed by another imperative, etc., see below 5f, & particular cases like Numbers 22:6, 11, 17; 23:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 55:1 (twice in verse) etc., where actual summons to approach the speaker].
d. with modifiers:
(1)
(α). of space traversed: אֵת כָּלהַֿמִּדְבָּר [H3212 Deuteronomy 1:19] (compare I. אֵת 2), כָּלהַֿבִּתְרוֺן 2 Samuel 2:29; especially with accusative דֶּרֶךְ way, Genesis 35:3 (E) [H3212 Numbers 20:17] (JE) Deuteronomy 1:31; [H3212 2 Samuel 4:7]; 1 Kings 13:12 (twice in verse); [H3212 Jeremiah 52:7] compare הָלָ֑כְתָּ אֲשֶׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ תָשׁוּב וְלֹא 1 Kings 13:9; הֹלֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ = traveler Isaiah 35:8; followed by אֳרָחוֺת Judges 5:6 (song), participle construct הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת Judges 5:6 goers of paths (wayfarers); with accusative דֶּרֶךְ = journey Proverbs 7:19;
(β). with accusative of time Deuteronomy 2:14; [H3212 2 Samuel 2:32], compare Joshua 5:6; Joshua 14:10; also, with combination of ideas of space & time דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים [H3212 Exodus 3:18 (+ בַּמִּדְבָּר see below) compare Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23 [Exodus 8:27]; Exodus 15:22 (all J E), Numbers 33:8] (P) 1 Kings 19:4.
(2) with preposition:
(α) followed by בְּ of space (territory, country, etc.) in which בַּמִּדְבָּר [H3212 Judges 11:16, 18; compare וַיֵּלֶךְ בַּבַּיִת אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה 2 Kings 4:35] and he walked in the house once hither, once thither; especially + accusative of time or distance (compare above) Joshua 5:6; Joshua 14:10 (both D) 1 Kings 19:4 בָּֽעֲרָבָה 2 Samuel 2:29; compare בַּיַּבָּשָׁה Exodus 14:29 = Exodus 15:19 (P ?); בְּתוֺךְ הָעֵמֶק [H3212 Joshua 8:13] (JE); followed by בְּ of way, path בְּדֶרֶךְ 1 Kings 18:6 (twice in verse) בַּדּ׳ [H3212 Numbers 21:22] (JE) Joshua 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 1:33; [H3212 Deuteronomy 2:27; Judges 18:6; 1 Samuel 28:22]; לֹא תָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ בָּהּ 1 Kings 13:17 (הָלַךְ of both going & coming); so often figurative, compare below II. 3; walk in the streets בִּרְחֹבֹת [H3212 Lamentations 4:18, walk by the way 'בַּדּ (opposed to יָשַׁב sit) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19];
(β). followed by עַל, go or walk on (by) עַליַֿד הַיְאֹר Exodus 2:5; עַלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 9:6 (i.e. set out, start, upon compare Dr); construct followed by לְ Judges 5:10.
(3) go to, unto:
(α). followed by accusative, in general בְּכָלאֲֿשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ [H3212 Genesis 28:15 (J) whithersoever thou goest Joshua 1:7, 9] (D), compare 2 Samuel 7:9; 2 Samuel 8:6, 14 = 1 Chronicles 17:8; 1 Chronicles 18:6, 13; more definitely, to a land, with or without ארץ [H3212 Judges 1:26]; Judges 21:21; [H3212 Jeremiah 37:12]; so figurative Hosea 7:11 resort to (accusative) Asshur (|| קרא); to a city [H3212 1 Samuel 11:14, 15; 23:5; 1 Kings 2:8; 11:24; 12:1]; 1 Kings 14:2, [H3212 1 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 9:1; 1 Chronicles 11:4; 2 Chronicles 8:3; Ezra 8:31; to a house בַּיִת 2 Samuel 13:7, 8, house of 'י Psalm 122:1; a field, Genesis 27:5 (J; + infinitive of purpose); valley of salt 2 Chronicles 25:11].
(β). followed by ָ  ה locative, אַ֫רְצָה [H3212 Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5, מַּדֶּ֫נָת אֲרָם Genesis 28:2, 5, 7 (all P) compare Genesis 29:1 (E) Numbers 32:39 (JE) 2 Samuel 14:23; of city Genesis 18:22; Genesis 28:10 (both J) Judges 9:1; 1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 16:13; 19:22; 2 Samuel 15:9; 1 Kings 3:4; 18:45; 2 Chronicles 10:1; of river Euphrates Jeremiah 13:4, 6; Jeremiah 13:7; of a wood 1 Samuel 23:16; a mountain Joshua 2:16 (JE); compare also אָ֫נָה הָֽלְכוּ whither have they gone Genesis 16:8; Genesis 32:18 [Genesis 32:17]]; Joshua 2:5 (all J E) compare Nehemiah 2:16; Songs 6:1; [H3212 Judges 19:17], אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה 1 Kings 2:42 (but also 'אָן ה 1 Samuel 10:14); שָׁ֫מָּה [H3212 Jeremiah 40:4] but also שָׁם 1 Samuel 9:6; [H3212 Jeremiah 45:5]; הֵ֫נָּה [H3212 2 Kings 4:35].
(γ). with preposition:
(a) most often followed by אֶלֿ unto, e.g., unto the place, הַמָּקוֺם, [H3212 Genesis 22:3 (E) Genesis 30:25 (J), etc.; of land Genesis 22:2 (E) Genesis 24:4, 10 (J) Genesis 36:6 (P) Joshua 22:9 (D), etc.; of city Genesis 22:19 (E) 1 Samuel 9:10; Jonah 3:3, etc.; of house Genesis 24:38 (J) Ecclesiastes 7:2 (twice in verse); house of God Ecclesiastes 4:17 [Ecclesiastes 5:1]; of people Exodus 19:10 (E) etc.; in other designations of place, Joshua 8:9 (JE), Ezra 10:6]; Ruth 2:9,.etc., also followed by אֶל = against, of military expedition: [H3212 Judges 1:10 against Canaanites; a city Judges 9:1; 1 Kings 22:15; 2 Chronicles 18:5, 14; also followed by אֶל of individual persons Genesis 26:1], Genesis 26:26 (both J), [H3212 Genesis 41:55 (E) 2 Kings 6:22, 23; 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22; Jeremiah 41:14 +; once with implicit coire cum femina Amos 2:7] (compare בּוֺא 1e); see especially בַּמִּשְׁפָּט אֶל־אֵל לַהֲלֹךְ Job 34:23 of judicial inquiry by God; come unto the speaker Numbers 22:16, Numbers 22:37 (both J E), unto the one addressed Isaiah 60:14.
(b) rarely followed by עַלֿ unto (Jeremiah Kings Ezekiel) with בַּיִת [H3212 1 Kings 20:43, שָׂדֶה 1 Kings 2:26 (+ accusative of location), compare עַלכָּֿל אֲשֶׂר Jeremiah 1:7, עַלאֲֿשֶׁר יִהְיֶה שָׁם Ezekiel 1:12 (of the רוּחַ; compare אֶלאֲֿשֶׁר יִהְיֶה שָׁ֫מָּה Ezekiel 1:20]); also וַאֲנִיִ הוֺלֵךְ עַלֹ אֲשֶׁראֲֿנִי הוֺלֵךְ 2 Samuel 15:20 = I am going I know not where compare LagPsalt. Hieron. 1874, 156 f. DrSm; see further Jeremiah 3:6 (followed by both עַל & אֶל; confusion of אֶל and לְַ see these words); followed by עַל against city [H3212 1 Kings 22:6], king 2 Chronicles 22:5.
(c) followed by עַד as far as, unto, place עַדכֹּֿה [H3212 Genesis 22:5 (E), compare 1 Kings 12:30 (וַיֵּלְכוּ הָעָם לִפְנֵי הָאֶחָד עַד דָּ֑ן), 2 Kings 6:2; 10:25; 2 Kings 7:15 compare 2 Chronicles 26:8; persons 1 Samuel 9:9].
(d) followed by לְ, to a land [H3212 1 Kings 10:13] etc.; a city 2 Chronicles 8:17; a mountain 1 Chronicles 4:42; a bamah [high place] [H3212 2 Chronicles 1:3; compare לִמְבוֺא גְדֹר 1 Chronicles 4:39 & see below; also before proper name of person Genesis 24:56] (J); further לַמִּלְחָמָה Ezekiel 7:14; לְסִבְלֹתיכֶם [H3212 Exodus 5:4] (J) go to your burdens compare Isaiah 60:3, לְמוֺאל הַהוֺלֶכֶת הַשֵׁנִית וְהַתּוֺדָה Nehemiah 12:38 the second thanksgiving choir, that went the opposite way; frequently לְדַרְכּוֺ etc., go (to, on) one's way Genesis 19:2 (J) Genesis 32:2 [Genesis 32:1] (E) Numbers 24:25; [H3212 Joshua 2:16 (both J E) Judges 18:26; 1 Samuel 1:18; 26:25 +; לְמַסָּעָיו Genesis 13:3] (J); compare הַהוֺלֵךְ לְמֶרְחֲבֵיאֶֿדֶץ Habakkuk 1:6 that marcheth through the breath of the land (of invader); note especially in sense of depart to, go away to, almost = return to; וְהָלַכְתָּ לְאֹהָלָיךָ Deuteronomy 16:7 and thou shalt go (back) to thy tents, so [H3212 Judges 19:6 [Judges 19:5]; Judges 20:8; 1 Kings 8:66; 12:16 ＝ 2 Chronicles 10:16]; לְבֵיתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:26; compare [H3212 1 Samuel 14:8 [1 Samuel 14:6]]; 1 Samuel 23:18; [H3212 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Chronicles 16:43]; לִמְקוֺמוֺ 1 Samuel 2:20 (compare VB Dr) 1 Samuel 14:46; see also go away or off to 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 8:17.
(e) followed by בְּ into בַּשָּׂדֶה [H3212 Numbers 22:23 (of Balsam's ass); especially in בּשְּׁבִי ה׳ go into captivity Amos 9:4]; Nahum 3:10; [H3212 Deuteronomy 28:41; Jeremiah 20:6; 22:22; 30:16]; Lamentations 1:18 (= שְׁבִי 'ה Lamentations 1:5) compare [H3212 Ezekiel 30:17, 18]; Isaiah 46:2; [H3212 Isaiah 48:17] בַּגּוֺלָה ה׳ Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 25:3; see also בַּכְּלִמָּה ה׳ Isaiah 45:16; בַּמִּלְתָמָה ה׳ H23121 Samuel 17:13; בַּקְּרָ֑ב ה׳ 2 Samuel 17:11 (but see Dr).
(4) go from, depart from, followed by מִן, e.g. 1 Kings 2:41, etc., מִשָּׁם [H3212 Genesis 42:26 (E) 1 Kings 19:19; compare אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ Psalm 139:7]; note especially הָלַךְ מֵעֵינָיו וּמַלְאַךְ י׳ Judges 6:21 compare 1 Samuel 14:17 (מֵעִמָנוּ), Hosea 9:6 (מִשֹּׁד, from destruction; also followed by מֵאֵת of divorced woman Jeremiah 3:1 (מֵאִתּוֺ), compare also [H3212 Genesis 26:31 (J), Joshua 22:9] (? P) מֵאֵצֶל 1 Kings 20:36.
(5) with preposition denoting other relations: —
(α). אֵת of accompaniment, אִתִּי ה׳ (on warlike expedition) Genesis 14:24 compare 2 Samuel 15:11; Joshua 10:24; Judges 1:3 (followed by בְּ into), [H3212 Judges 7:4] (twice in verse), see also 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 16:17 +.
(β). עִם Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); Judges 4:9 (twice in verse); [H3212 Judges 7:4]; Judges 11:8; 1 Samuel 30:22 (twice in verse); [H3212 2 Samuel 19:26]; Numbers 22:13, 14 (JE) +.
[H3212 (γ). בְּ with (compare בְּ III. 1, p. 89), especially Exodus 10:9, compare Hosea 5:6 'אֶתיֿ לְבַקֵּשׁ יֵלְכוּ וּבִבְּקָרָם בְּצאֹנָם, of vain sacrifices; 2 Chronicles 30:6 the runners went with (בְּ) letters.]
[H3212 (δ). בְּקֶרֶב in the midst of, Exodus 34:9 (JE).]
(ε). לִפְנֵי in front of, before, before Cyrus [H3212 Isaiah 45:2], (compare of fire & pestilence, below 3); of 'י going before Israel Exodus 13:21; Numbers 14:14, compare also [H3212 Exodus 23:23; Exodus 32:34 & (in meaning) Exodus 33:14] (יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנַי), Exodus 33:15, Isaiah 52:12, with which camp. לְפָנֶיךָ צִדְקֶ֑ךָ 'וה Isaiah 58:8; of other gods [H3212 Exodus 32:1, 23 (all J E); לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 33:12] (J).
(ζ). with אַחַר go after, follow, persons [H3212 Genesis 37:17 (J) 2 Kings 7:15; אַחֲרֵי Genesis 24:5, 8, 39, 61] (all J), Joshua 3:3 (D), [H3212 Numbers 16:25] (JE) +; compare also II. 3 d (going after false gods, etc.); מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם Exodus 14:19 (J).
(η). לְ with sense of dativus ethicus [dative of interest]: וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֺ אֶלאַֿרְצוֺ [H3212 Exodus 18:27 (E) and he gat him (betook himself) to his country; אֵ֫לֶךְ לִי אֶל Songs 4:6 I will get me unto; וְנֵלְכָהלָֿנוּ 1 Samuel 26:11 and let us be gone, compare 1 Samuel 26:12], Songs 2:11 (of rain compare under, 3); Imperative in same construction: לֶךְלְֿךָאֶל [H3212 Genesis 22:2 (E) get thee unto, לְכוּ לָכֶם לְאָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:4 (D) also לֶךְלְֿךָ מִן Genesis 12:1 (J), & לְכִילָֿךְ Songs 2:10, 13] get thee away, come away.
(θ). adverbial phrases of manner with preposition:
(a) בְּ, בְּשָׁלוֺם ה׳ go in peace [H3212 Genesis 26:31 (J) 1 Samuel 29:7; 2 Samuel 3:21, 22, 23; 15:9; בְּכֹהַ הָאֲכִילָה הַהִיא ה׳ 1 Kings 19:8, בְּחֵמָה ה׳ 2 Kings 5:12 compare also 1 Samuel 17:39]; Isaiah 52:12; בְּסַעֲרוֺת תֵּימָן וְה׳ Zechariah 9:14 of 'י, and he shall go in (or with) storms of the south; בְּ pretii, הַהֹלְכִים בְּנַפְשׁוֺתָם 2 Samuel 23:17 who went at risk of their life (otherwise in || [H5315 1 Chronicles 11:19]); compare
(b) אֶל, אֶלנַֿפְשׁוֺ ה׳ [H3212 1 Kings 19:3] he went for his life.
(c) לְ, לְרַגְלָהּ ה׳ 1 Samuel 25:42 go according to her foot, i.e. follow, attend her; לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֺם go to, for (in) peace [H3212 Exodus 4:18 (E) Judges 18:6; 1 Samuel 1:17]; 1 Samuel 20:13, 1 Samuel 20:42; [H3212 2 Kings 5:19]; וְהֹלְכִים לְתֻמָּם 2 Samuel 15:11.
(κ). with adjective or noun, agreeing with subject of verb, in accusative (Ges§ 118.5), sometimes where Latin & English use an attributive or appositive: walk barefoot 2 Samuel 15:30; walk naked and barefoot Isaiah 20:3 (with accusative of duration); וַתֵּלַכְנָה נְטֻו֯וֺת גָּרוֺן רגו׳ Isaiah 3:16; compare [H3212 1 Kings 8:66; also לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:16 (H) thou shalt not walk as a slanderer among thy people, Jeremiah 9:3 [Jeremiah 9:4], הוֺלֵךְ רָכִיל Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19; and even הֹלְכֵי רָכִיל Jeremiah 6:28 (yet רכיל possibly abstract, ר׳ ה׳ walk in slander); with adverb accusative, construed more generally (Ges§ 118, 5. c., Ew§ 279 c); ye shall not walk loftily (רוֺמָה) [H3212 Micah 2:3]; they shall come bending (שְׁחוֺחַ) Isaiah 60:14; and Agag came delicately (מַעֲדַנֹּת) [H3212 1 Samuel 15:32]; compare also Leviticus 26:23 (II. 3b) [H3212 Exodus 3:21; 2 Samuel 17:18].
2. Also of animals, in similar meanings and combinations: הָלַךְ Nahum 2:11, walk about, prowl (lions, figurative of rulers of Assyria); [H3212 Proverbs 30:29] (see Proverbs 30:30-31, of three beasts & a king); walk, go, move בִּמְסִלָּה אַחַת ה׳ 1 Samuel 6:12(of cows bringing ark), horses in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 6:7 וַיְבַקְשׁוּ לָלֶכֶת לְהִתְהַלֵךְ בָּאָרֶץ; of beasts & birds Jeremiah 9:10, compare Jeremiah 50:3 both man & beast, they are fled, they are gone; of flocks and herbs (מִקְנֶה) יֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ [H3212 Exodus 10:26] they shall go with us; מֵהר אֶלגִּֿבְעָה ה׳ Jeremiah 50:6 they have gone from mountain to hill (Israel under figure of wandering sheep); in [H1982 1 Samuel 14:26] read probably הָלַךְ for הֵלֶךְ which see.; especially in laws of clean & unclean Leviticus 11:20, 21 every swarming winged thing that goeth on (הַהֹלֵךְעַל) all fours compare Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:42; also Leviticus 11:27 everything that goeth on its paws, & Leviticus 11:42 everything that goeth on (its) belly, (all P), so of serpent [H3212 Genesis 3:14 on thy belly (עַלגְּֿחֹנְךָ) shalt thou go (J), compare also Jeremiah 46:22 קוֺלָהּ כַּנָּחָשׁ יֵלֵךְ; (where apparently rel. clause, her voice like the serpent that moves, i.e. like the rustling sound of a gliding serpent, compare VB); locusts Joel 2:7 (אִישׁ בִּדְרָכָיו), Joel 2:8] (גֶּבֶר בִּמְסִלָּתוֺ).
3. in like manner of inanimate things, as: the ark (הַתֵּבָה) [H3212 Genesis 7:18 (P; followed by הַמָּ֑יִם עַל־פְּנֵי); ships 1 Kings 22:49 (followed by ָ  ה locative) = 2 Chronicles 20:36] (followed by accusative of limit), compare 2 Chronicles 9:21 (followed by accusative) [H3212 2 Chronicles 20:37 (אֶל); of אֳנִישַֿׁיִט Isaiah 33:21 ‘galley with oars’ (followed by בְּ of place in which); wheels (in Ezekiel's vision) Ezekiel 1:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:19, 21; 10:11] (4 times in verse); moon Job 31:26; wind Psalm 78:39; Ecclesiastes 1:6 (twice in verse); of streams (הַנְחָלִים) = flow אֶלהַֿיָּם Ecclesiastes 1:7; compare אֶלמְֿקוֺם שֶׁהַנְחָלִים הֹלְכִים שָׁם הֵם שָׁבִים לָלֶכֶת H3212 Ecclesiastes 1:7 unto the place whither the streams flow, thither they flow again; also אֲפִיקִים, followed by מַיִם as accusative of that with which, [H3212 Joel 3:18 || of hills flowing חָלָב, with milk; compare further figurative כָּלבִּֿרְכַּיִם תֵּלַכְנָה מַיִם Ezekiel 7:17; 21:12 [Ezekiel 21:7]], all knees shall flow down in water, i.e. be as weak as water; נְהָרוֺת Ezekiel 31:4 (followed by סָבִיב); וְהָלַךְ עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו Isaiah 8:7 i.e. overflow (|| עָלָה עַלכָּֿלאֲֿפִיקָיו) compare [H3212 Joshua 4:18] (JE); so of water (as SI4) Isaiah 8:6; [H3212 1 Kings 18:35] (הַמַּיִם סָבִיב לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַוַיֵּלְכוּ), Psalm 105:41 (ָהָֽלְכוּ בַּצִיּוֺת נָהָר, they flowed through dry regions as a river); (on infinitive absolute used of waters of flood, Genesis 8:3, 5, compare below 4c (4), (5)); of the sea הַיָּם הוֺלֵךְ וְסֹעֵר Jonah 1:11, 13 was going on and being stormy = was growing more and more stormy (compare below 4d); of wine (יַיִן) Songs 7:9 that goeth down, for my beloved, smoothly (smile); also of lightning go, dart (בָּרָק) [H3212 Job 38:35], so אֵשׁ Exodus 9:23 (E) וַתִּהֲלַךְ אֵשׁ אָ֑רְצָה and fire darted to earth (on form, here & Psalm 73:9 below, as intensive, of rapid motion, compare Thes Ew§ 138 b Köi. 415); אֵשׁ לְפָנָיו תֵּלֵךְ [H3212 Psalm 97:3]; of torches, in figure of violent breathing of crocodile לַפִּידִים מִפִּיו יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; of sword אַחֲרַיִךְ תֵּ֫לֶךְ חָ֑רֶב [H3212 Jeremiah 48:2], of arrow בָּרָק Job 20:25 drawn from a wound; of pestilence דֶּבֶר (personified) Psalm 91:6 (בָּאֹפֶל), [H3212 Habakkuk 3:5] (לְפָנָיו); of fame שָׁמְעוֺ הוֺלֵךְ בְּכָלהַֿמְּדִינוֺת Esther 9:4; of the tongue (bad sense) וּלְשׁוֺנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ Psalm 73:9 (compare Exodus 9:23 above; || פִּיהֶם בַשָׁמַיִם שַׁתּוּ); of sound of trumpet Exodus 19:19 (Participle compare under 4d); of letters אִגְּרוֺת Nehemiah 6:17 (followed by עַל, unto); of dew טַל, || עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר) simile of Israel's חסֶד Hosea 6:4; compare Hosea 13:3 like dew that passeth away; so of עָנָן [H3212 Job 7:9] עָנָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְכָּלָה; of rain הַגֶּשֶׁם חָלַף הָלַךְ לוֺ Songs 2:11 the rain is over, it hath taken itself away; of ark of ) י׳אֲרוֺן י׳ 1 Samuel 6:8 depart (compare also 5d); of shadow on dial go forward 2 Kings 20:9 (opposed to שׁוּב; || נָטָה [H5186 2 Kings 20:10] & יַרַד [H3381 Isaiah 38:8]); grow, of wicked under figure of tress, פֶּ֑רִי גַּםעָֿשׂוּ יֵלְכוּ [H3212 Jeremiah 12:2; compare יֵלְכוּ יוֺנְקוֺתָיו Hosea 14:6 his branches shall spread, said of Israel under figure of tree; of name (= fame) 2 Chronicles 26:8] (followed by עַדלְֿבֹא מִעצרַיִם); also of a thing that does not actually move; וְהָלַךְ הַגְּבוּל אֶל Joshua 17:7 and the boundary went unto etc., compare [H3212 Joshua 16:8 (followed by מִן & ָ  ה locative); — in 2 Kings 13:21] and it (the dead body) went i.e. was let down into the grave, read וַיֵּלְכוּ for וַיֵּלֶךְ LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Th Klo, and they went away.
†4. The infinitive absolute is often used
a. as in other verbs, quite independently (Ges§ 113, 1): הֲגָנֹב֗֗֗ וְהָלֹךְ אַחֲרִי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים... Jeremiah 7:9 (series of 6 infinitive absolute) (are there) stealing, murdering, and adultery and false swearing and incense-burning to the Baal, and going after other gods...? as object, וְלֹאאָֿבוּ בִדְרָכָיו הָלוֺךְ Isaiah 42:24 and they desired not walking in his ways; as apposition of object, Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen... an abominable thing, committing adultery and walking in lies (נָאוֺף וְהָלוֺךְ בַּשֶּׁקֶר); compare וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן הָלוֺךְ עָרוֺם וְיָחֵף Isaiah 20:2 and he did so, a walking naked and barefoot, where also two adverbial accusative modifying the infinitive absolute (Ges§ 113, 2).
b. to intensify meaning of finite form of הָלַךְ (Ges§ 118, 3):
(1) before finite verb הָלוֺךְ אֵלֵךְ עִמָּךְ Judges 4:9 I will surely go with thee, compare Jeremiah 37:9; הָלֹךְ הָלַכְתָּ Genesis 31:30 concessive, thou art indeed gone, הָעֵצִים הָּלוֺךְ חָֽלְכוּ Judges 9:8 introductory, the trees went forth on a time to anoint them a king.
(2) after finite verb וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֺךְ 2 Samuel 3:24 and he is actually gone! (a grave imprudence to permit it!), י׳ אֶת־פְּנֵי לְחַלּוֹת הָלוֺךְ נֵלְכָה Zechariah 8:21 let us by all means go to seek the favour of י׳
c. most noteworthy is the joining of the infinitive absolute
(1) with a following infinitive absolute denoting a simulaneous action or process, and so emphasizing duration or continuance:
α. both Infinitives preceding the finite verb, הָלוֺךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה Isaiah 3:16 a going and atripping they go, i.e. they keep tripping as they go; so הָלוֺךְ וּבָכוֺ יֵלֵ֑כוּ Jeremiah 50:4 continually weeping they shall go;
β. one infinitive before, & one after the finite verb הָלוֺךְ יֵלֵךְ וּבָבֹה Psalm 126:6 continually may one go weeping
γ. elsewhere both after finite verb Joshua 6:9 the rearguard was going (הֹלֵךְ) after the ark, continually blowing on the trumpets (הָלוֺךְ וְתָקוֺעַ בַּשּׁוֺפָרוֺת), compare Joshua 6:13 (where הָו֯לֹךְ cf, below; both J E), וַיֵּלֶךְ ֗֗֗ הָלוֺךְ וּבָכוֺ 2 Samuel 3:16, of cows ץָהלְכוּ הָלוֺךְ וְגָעוֺ 1 Samuel 6:12 they went continually lowing, וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֺךְ וְאָבֹל Judges 14:9 and he went on, eating as he went; הֹלְכִים הָלוֺךְ וְדַבֵּר 2 Kings 2:11 they were going on, talking as they went; in הֹלֵךְ הָלךְ וּבֹכֶה Jeremiah 41:6, the participle בֹּכֶה is peculiar, read perhaps בָּכֹה, and for הֹלֵךְ read הֹלְכִים Greek Version of the LXX Hi compare Gf.
(2) with a following finite verb with ו consecutive (rare): הֹלְכִים הָלוֺךְ וְֽֽֽתקְעוּ Joshua 6:13 (JE) they were going along continually blowing on the trumpets; וַתַּלֶךְ הָלוֺךְ וְזָעָ֑קָה 2 Samuel 13:19 and she went, crying out as she went; הֹלֵךְ הָ֗֗֗לוֺךְ וִיְקַלֵּל 2 Samuel 16:13 he went along... cursing as he went; so 1 Samuel 19:23 and he went on, prophesying as he went, until he came, etc.
(3) in cases where finite verb is followed by infinitive absolute + adjective denoting progress, advance: וַיֵּלֶךְ חָלוֺךְ וְקָרֵב 2 Samuel 18:25 and he came continually nearer (nearer & nearer); elsewhere with idea of actual motion lost from finite verb: וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֺךְ וָרָ֑ב 1 Samuel 14:19 and he tumult kept growing greater and greater; so וְגָדוֺל וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד הָלוֺךְ 2 Samuel 5:10 = [H3212 1 Chronicles 11:9]; compare Judges 4:24 and the hand of the sons of Israel kept growing more and more severe (וַתֵּלָךְ ֗֗֗ הָלוֺךְ וְקָשָׁה) upon Jabin; note especially וַיִּגְּדּל הָאִישׁ וַיֵּלֶךְ הָלוֺךְ וְגָדֵל עַדבִּֿיֿ גָדַל מְאֹד Genesis 26:13 (J) and the man grew great and kept on growing greater and greater until etc. (גָּדֵל particular adjective).
(4) twice, where finite verb is not הלך, but another verb denoting motion: וַיָּשֻׁבוּ הַמַּיִם ֗֗֗ הָלוֺךְ וָשׁוֺב Genesis 8:3 (J) and he waters retired continually more and more; וַיִסַּע אַבְּרָם הָלוֺךְ וְנָסוֺעַ הַנֶּ֫גְבָּה Genesis 12:9 (J) and Abram journeyed on continually further toward the south country.
(5) quite by itself is Genesis 8:5 (P) וְהַמַּיִם הָיוּ הָלוֺךְ וְחָסוֺר and he waters, they continually diminished (were a going and a diminishing; the infinitive absolute being predicate).
(6) + 13 times the infinitive absolute = Imperative & is followed by perfect consecutive (chiefly in Jeremiah): הָלוֺךְ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֫ 2 Samuel 24:12 go and speak, so Jeremiah 35:2; וְאָמַרְתָּ֫ ה׳ go and say, Isaiah 38:5; Jeremiah 28:13; Jeremiah 34:2; Jeremiah 35:13; Jeremiah 39:16; וְקָרָאתָ ה׳ Jeremiah 2:2; Jeremiah 3:12; also וְרָחַצְתָּ֫ ה׳ 2 Kings 5:10 go and wash, וְקָנִיתָ ה׳ Jeremiah 13:1; Jeremiah 19:1 go and buy, וְעָמַדְתָּ֫ ה׳ Jeremiah 17:19 go and stand.
d. akin to the use of infinitive absolute are some instances of Participle הֹלֵךְ + adjective (or participle): וַיֵּלֶךְ הַמְּלִשְׁתִּי הֹלֵךְ וְקָרֵב 1 Samuel 17:41 and the Philistine came continually nearer (compare 2 Samuel 18:25 above); in other cases as predicate, with same idea of growing, increasing: וְדַלִּים הֹלְכִים שָׁאוּל וּבֵית וְחָזֵק הֹלֵךְ וְדָוִד 2 Samuel 3:1 and David was growing stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul were growing weaker and weaker, compare 2 Chronicles 17:12; Esther 9:4 (of individuals), 2 Samuel 15:12 (of people); + 2 adjective וְהַנַּעַד וָטוֺב וְגָדֵל הֹלֵךְ שְׁמוּאֵל 1 Samuel 2:26; compare (with different order) of wind, Ecclesiastes 1:6 goeth (הוֺלֵךְ) toward the south, and turneth about (סוֺבֵב) unto the north, the wind turneth about and about continually (סוֺבֵב סֹבֵב הוֺלֵךְ הָרוּחַ); of sea הַיָּם הוֺלֵךְ וְסֹעֵר Jonah 1:11, 13 the sea was growing more and more stormy; also וַיְהִי קוֺל הַ שֹּׁפָר הוֹלֵךְ וְחָזֵק מְאֹד Exodus 19:19 and the sound of the trumpet kept growing louder and louder; & in metaphor אֹרַח צַדִּיקִים כְּאוֺר נֹ֑גַהּ הוֺלֵךְ וָאוֺר עַדנְֿכוֺן הַיּוֺם Proverbs 4:18 the path of just men is like a shining light, growing lighter and lighter until the full day.
5. In combination with other verbal forms:
a. followed by infinitive of purpose (with לְ) [H3212 Genesis 25:22]; Genesis 31:19; Genesis 37:25 (all J E) Numbers 14:38 (P) Numbers 24:1 (JE), Judges 8:1; Judges 9:8, 9, 11, 13 + often; especially לִקְרַאת הּ׳ go to meet [H3212 Joshua 9:11 (JE), 2 Samuel 19:16 [2 Samuel 19:15]; 1 Kings 18:16 (twice in verse) +; sometimes with hostile sense 1 Samuel 23:28; 1 Kings 20:27; 2 Kings 23:29; also לָּשּׁובּ הּ׳ go to return, Exodus 4:21] (RV go back), compare also שּׁובּ לָּלֶּכֶּתּ return again Ecclesiastes 1:7; [H3212 Ecclesiastes 5:16; לָּבּוֺֿ הּ׳ go to come (enter etc.) Jeremiah 41:17 compare 2 Chronicles 26:8].
b. followed by finite verb go and do so and so: [H3212 Genesis 22:13; 27:14; Exodus 2:8 4:27, 29 (all J E), Deuteronomy 13:6, 13; 17:3]; Deuteronomy 24:2; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Jeremiah 11:12 + often; וַיֵּלֶךְ וַּיָשָּׁבּ [H3212 Exodus 4:18 (E),יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב Deuteronomy 20:5, 6, 7, 8, וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּשׁוּבוּ Judges 21:23 compare Hosea 2:9 [Hosea 2:7]; Hosea 5:15; וַיָּבוֺא ה׳ went & came Numbers 13:26 (P), Ruth 2:3; 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Samuel 11:22; 2 Kings 4:25; notably וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַךְ 2 Kings 3:7] and he went and sent.
c. following other verbs: וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ [H3212 Genesis 22:19 (E) compare Genesis 24:10 (J) Genesis 43:8 (J) Numbers 16:25] (JE) Judges 4:9; נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה [H3212 Genesis 33:12] (J).
d. especially as result of action expressed in preceding verb, such as verb of sending, etc.: וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶתאֶֿחָיו וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ [H3212 Genesis 45:24 (E) compare Joshua 1:16] (D) 1 Samuel 6:8; [H3212 Job 38:35; also יִשָּׁאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21] an east wind shall carry him off, and he shall depart; וַיְ גָָֽרֲשֵׁהוּ וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ Psalm 34:1 (title). (compare depart also of inanimate things 3 above)
e. in longer series: וַיֵּלֶךְ וִיִּבְרַח וַיִּמָּלֵט [H3212 1 Samuel 19:12; וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָשָׁב֗֗֗ וַיֵּשֶׁב 2 Kings 19:36 = Isaiah 37:37]; compare Numbers 24:25 (JE); וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּבאֹ [H3212 Judges 19:10; also וַיָּקָם וַיָּבאֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ 2 Kings 10:12].
f. oft; in imperative foll by 2nd imperative or equivalent,
(1) לֵךְ קַחלִֿי [H3212 Genesis 27:13 (J) go, bring me (them), compare Hosea 1:2; לְכוּ רְעוּ Genesis 29:7 (J) go, feed (them), compare Genesis 37:14; 42:19; Exodus 4:19] + (in all approximately + 57 times; only J E D in Hexateuch); but also
(2) weakened to mere introductory word (as also above passim: especially [H3212 2 Kings 3:7 etc.), go to, or come, do (let us do) so; לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית Genesis 31:44 come, let us make a compact, compare נַשְׁקֶה לְכָה Genesis 19:32 (where subject feminine); לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה 1 Samuel 9:9 come, and let us go, so 1 Samuel 9:10; 11:14]; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2, compare Zechariah 6:7 +; even לֵךְ בּאֹ וְאֶשְׁלְחָה [H3212 2 Kings 5:5 go to, come, and let me send, compare Isaiah 22:15; 26:20; Ezekiel 3:4, 11; further Judges 19:11, 13]; 1 Samuel 9:5; [H3212 1 Kings 1:12; Psalm 34:5 [Psalm 34:11]] + (in all approximately + 49 times; only J E in Hexateuch).
(3) apparently intermediate, and shewing transition from (1) to (2) are: לָךְרֵֿד [H3212 Exodus 19:24; 32:7 compare Judges 18:2; לְכוּ סֻרוּ רְדוּ 1 Samuel 15:6; לֵךְ עֲלֵה מִוֶּךְ Exodus 33:1]; לְכוּ וְהִתְהלְּכוּ בָּאָרֶץ Joshua 18:8; לְכוּ בּאֹוּ אַרְצָה [H3212 Genesis 47:17 [Genesis 45:17] compare 1 Samuel 22:5; 1 Kings 1:13; 2 Kings 7:9; see further לֵכְנָה שֹׁבְנָה Ruth 1:8; שֹׁבְנָה לֵכְןָ Ruth 1:12]; also 2 Samuel 3:16; [H3212 1 Kings 19:15, 20] + (in all approximately + 36 times)
II. Figurative; the most common uses follow; in most the origin in a literal meaning is evident:
†1. pass away, die; in phrases denoting or implying death (compare Arabic هَلَكَ perish); וְהִנֵּה אָנֹכִּי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ בָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 (D) lo, I am going to-day the way of all the eath compare 1 Kings 2:2; perhaps also Genesis 15:2 (JE) I pass away childless, but possibly below 2 below; also 2 Samuel 12:23 I am going (אֲנִי הֹלֵךְ) to him 2 Samuel 12:23; so of mankind דּוֺרהֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4; more explicitly, הַּכֹּל הוֺלֵךְ אֶלמָֿקוֺם אֶחָ֑ד הַכֹּל הָיֶה מִן הֶעָפָר וְהַכֹּל שָׁב אֶלהֶֿעָפָר Ecclesiastes 3:20; compare Ecclesiastes 6:6; also בִּשְׁאוֺל ֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ שָׁ֑מָּה Ecclesiastes 9:10, & אֶלבֵּֿית עוֺלָמוֺ הֹלֵךְ הָאָדָם Ecclesiastes 12:5; compare בְּטֶדֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי [H3212 Psa 39:14 [Psalm 39:13] before I depart and be not; so according to some 2 Chronicles 21:20] but compare below 3a (2); once with weaker sense followed by infinitive, חִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הוֺךֵלךְ לָמוּת Genesis 25:32 (J).
2. live ('walk'), in general (compare Pi. Hithp.) (usually in poetry, with modifying words): צַלְמָוֶת כִּיאֵֿלֵךְ בְּנֵיא [H3212 Psalm 23:4 though I walk in a valley of deep darkness; compare Psalm 138:7; אֵ֫לֶךְ השֶׁךְ Job 29:8 [Job 29:3] ; קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ Psalm 42:10 [Psalm 42:9]]; חֲשֵׁכִים ה׳ Isaiah 50:10, see also [H3212 Ezekiel 3:14]; perhaps also Genesis 15:2 compare 1 above; יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל [H3212 Psalm 84:8 [Psalm 84:7]] they go from strength to strength; יֵלֶךְ בֶּטַח הוֺלֵךְ בַּתֹּם Proverbs 10:9; especially
3. of moral and religious life; יְיַשֶּׁרלָֿ֑כֶת [H3212 Proverbs 15:21] he maketh straight to walk (walketh straight, upright); particularly
a. walk in (בְּ) ways (counsels, statutes, etc.),
(1) in good sense:
(α) בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים ה׳ Psalm 101:6, compare [H3212 Isaiah 30:21; Jeremiah 6:16; 1 Kings 8:36; 2 Chronicles 6:27];
(β) in (בְּ) ways of י׳ especially D: [H3212 Deuteronomy 8:6 (|| לְיִרְאָה אֹתוֺ) compare Deuteronomy 10:12; 11:22] (|| 'לְאַהֲבָה אֶתיֿ etc.), Deuteronomy 28:9 (|| 'שָׁמַר מִצְוֺת י); see also [H3212 Deuteronomy 13:14 [Deuteronomy 13:13]] +; 1 Kings 11:33 (followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת), 1 Kings 11:38 (followed by וְעָשִׂיתָ) 2 Kings 21:22; Psalm 119:3; Psalm 128:1; בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; further (followed by דֶּרֶךְ) Judges 2:17;
(γ) † in commandments of י׳ 2 Chronicles 17:4;
(δ) in his law(s) (תּוֺרָה) [H8451 Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:14] (J)[H3212 2 Kings 10:31]; Jeremiah 9:12 [Jeremiah 9:13]; Jeremiah 44:23 (+ בְּחֻקֹּת & בְּעֵדְוֺת), 2 Chronicles 6:16; [H3212 Daniel 9:10, compare Nehemiah 10:30 [Nehemiah 10:29]] (of אֱלֹהִים);
(ε) † in his ordinances, statutes (חֻקּוֺת) [H3212 Leviticus 26:3; 1 Kings 6:12] Jeremiah 44:10, 23 (see above), Ezekiel 5:6, 7; [H3212 Ezekiel 11:20]; Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 20:16, [H3212 Ezekiel 20:19], Ezekiel 20:21, compare בְּחֻקּוֺת חַיִּים Ezekiel 33:15; also בְּחֻקֵּי [H3212 1 Kings 8:61]; Ezekiel 11:12; [H3212 Ezekiel 36:27];
(ζ) † in his judgments (מִשְׁמָּטִים) [H3212 Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30]; Ezekiel 37:24];
(η) † in ordinances of David [H3212 1 Kings 3:3], compare also below;
(θ) in way(s) of good man 1 Samuel 8:3, 5; 2 Chronicles 21:12, of David 2 Chronicles 11:17; [H3212 2 Chronicles 34:2], of David & Solomon 2 Chronicles 17:3.
(2) in bad sense,
(α) in (evil) ways with בְּ 2 Kings 21:21; Ezekiel 16:47; Ezekiel 23:31; 2 Chronicles 22:3; compare also (probably) [H3212 2 Chronicles 21:20] חֶמְדָּה וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּלאֹ and he lived undesirably (compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Kmp Öttli); > others he departed (died) unregretted, so AV RV;
(β) followed by accusative 2 Kings 21:21; [H3212 Jeremiah 18:15] (נְתִיבוֺת ה׳);
(γ) with adverb. accusative פֶּה עִקְּשׁוּת הּוֺלֵךְ Proverbs 6:12 one walking in perversity (falseness) of mouth (compare צְדָקוֺת Isaiah 33:15);
(δ) in (בְּ)ordinances, statutes (חֻקּוֺת) of bad men [H3212 Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23 (both H) 2 Kings 17:8, 19; Ezekiel 20:18] (בְּחוּקֵּי).
b. walk with (אֶת, עִם) i.e. associate, be familiar with: בְּשָׁלוֺם אִתִּי 'וּבְמִישׁוֺר ה Malachi 2:6 in peace and uprightness he walked with me (י׳); הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִםאֲֿלֹהֶיךָ [H3212 Micah 6:8]; but also of people at variance with י׳ וַהֲלְכְתֶּם עִמִּי קֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:23 compare Leviticus 26:27; Leviticus 26:40; & of י׳ at variance with people וְהָלַכְתִּי ֗֗֗ עִמָּכֶם בְּקֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:24 compare Leviticus 26:28 (all H); with men, אֶתהֲּֿכָמִים Proverbs 13:20; עִם אַנְשֵׁי רֶשַׁע [H3212 Job 34:8]; compare walk with (עִם) vanity Job 31:5.
c. walk before י׳ (לִפְנֵי י׳; with בֶּאֱמֶת, בְּכָללִֿבָּם etc.) [H3212 1 Kings 2:4]; 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Kings 8:23, 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 9:4; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 7:17 compare קְדֹרַנִּית מִמְּנֵי י׳ ה׳ Malachi 3:14; walk before the living (i.e. walk aright before them) Ecclesiastes 6:8.
d. walk, go, after (אַהֲּדֵי)
(1) י׳ [H3212 Deuteronomy 13:5]; 1 Kings 14:8; Jeremiah 2:2; [H3212 Hosea 11:10] +;
(2) other gods, [H3212 Judges 2:12] especially D: Deuteronomy 4:3; [H3212 Deuteronomy 6:14]; Deuteronomy 8:19; [H3212 Deuteronomy 13:3 [Deuteronomy 13:2]; Deuteronomy 28:14]; Jeremiah 2:23; [H3212 Jeremiah 7:6]; Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 11:10; [H3212 Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 25:6] +; compare go & serve other gods Joshua 23:16; [H3212 Deuteronomy 13:7 [13:6]; 13:14 [13:13]; 17:3; 29:17 [29:18] (compare Deuteronomy 28:14] above);
(3) things which do not profit Jeremiah 2:8;
(4) vanity Hosea 5:11 (reading שָׁוְא compare VB); see also Amos 2:4.
e. walk in
(1) one's integrity, etc., בְּתֻמִּי [H3212 Psalm 26:11]; compare Psalm 84:12 [Psalm 84:11]; Proverbs 10:9, see also תָּמִים ה׳ Psalm 15:2, הֹלְכֵי תֹם Proverbs 2:7;
(2) bad sense, in (בְּ) sin [H3212 1 Kings 15:3, 26, 34; 16:2, 26]; 2 Kings 13:6, 11 + (especially of wicked kings); (evil) counsel 2 Chronicles 22:5 compare Psalm 1:1.
f.
(1) לֵב as subject,
(α) = thoughts, לֹא לִבִּי הָלַךְ 2 Kings 5:26 did not my thoughts go forth;
(β) evil inclination Job 31:7; אֶל־לֵב שִׁקּוּעֵיהֶם לִבּם הֹלֵךְ Ezekiel 11:21; גלּוּלֵיהֶם אַחֲרֵי Ezekiel 20:16; אַחֲאֵי בִעְצָם Ezekiel 33:31; מוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵהֲלָךְ־נֶפֶשׁ
(2) נֶפֶשׁ= desire, מוֹב מַרְאֵה עֵינַיִם מֵהֲלָךְ־נֶפֶשׁ Ecclesiastes 6:9 better is sight of the eyes than the outgoing of desire.
4. other figurative uses: depart from מִמְּנֵי Hosea 11:2 (from prophets as God's messengers; opposed to קָרָא); go into, הָֽלְכוּ בַכְּלִמָּה Isaiah 45:16 they have gone into confusion (judgment on idol-makers); etc.
† Niph. Perfect 1st person singular כְּצֵל כִּנְטוֺתוֺ נֶהֱלָ֑כְּתִּי Psalm 109:23 like a shadow when it stretches out I am gone (compare היה Niph.).
† Pi. (chiefly in poetry & late) Perfect הִלַּכְּתִּי Job 30:28; Psalm 131:1; הִלָּ֑כְּתִּי Psalm 38:7 [Psalm 38:6]; 3rd person plural הִלְּכוּ Job 24:10; Lamentations 5:18; Imperfect יְהַלֵךְ Ezekiel 18:9 + 2 times; וַיְהַלֵּךְ 1 Kings 21:27; 1st person singular אֲהַלֵךְ Psalm 86:11 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ Habakkuk 3:11 + 2 times; יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן Psalm 89:16 [Psalm 89:15] + 2 times;1st person plural נְהַלֵךְ Psalm 55:15 [Psalm 55:14]; Isaiah 59:9; Imperative הַלֵךְ Ecclesiastes 11:9; Participle מְהַלֵךְ Proverbs 6:11; Psalm 104:3; מְהַלְּכִים Ecclesiastes 4:15;
1. walk in or with a throng followed by בְּ local: נְהַלֵךְ בְּרָ֑גֶשׁ בְּבֵית א׳ Psalm 55:15 [Psalm 55:14]; walk, tread on coals עַלהַֿגֶּחָלִים Proverbs 6:28; of idols Psalm 115:7 they do not walk, have not the power of walking (compare יִצְעָ֑דוּ [H6805 Jeremiah 10:5]); of one tramping, formidable, simile of poverty וּבָאכִֿמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ Proverbs 6:11, — a highwayman according to Ges Ew Hi Now, compare Greek Version of the LXX; || מַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָנֵן compare also Hithp. Proverbs 24:34); of י׳ walking (in majesty), marching, לְַכַּֿנְפֵי רוּחַ Psalm 104:3 on the wings of the wind; of righteousness, personified, צֶדֶק לְפָנָיו יְהַלֵךְ Psalm 85:14 [Psalm 85:13]; of wisdom בְּאֹרַה צְדָקָה אֲהַלֵךְ Proverbs 8:20 in the path of righteousness do I walk (stedfastly, unswervingly); of animals, go about, prowl, עַל הַרצִֿיּוֺן שֶׁח֯שָּׁמֵם שׁוּעָלִים הִלְּכוּ ב֑וֺ (Qr שֶּׁשָּׁמֵם) Lamentations 5:18, of ships, in (stately) movement Psalm 104:26; of springs Psalm 104:10 between mountains they go (run, flow); of arrows Habakkuk 3:11 at the light of thine arrows that go (fly, shoot; compare Hithp. Psalm 77:18 [Psalm 77:17]).
2. also of walking about = living הַמְֿהַלְּכִים תַּחַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ Ecclesiastes 4:15; עָרוֺם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ Job 24:10 nacked they keep going about (frequently), without clothing; so of going about as mourner קֹדֵר הִלַּכְּתִּי Job 30:28; Psalm 38:7 [Psalm 38:6] (compare Qal [H3212 Psalm 42:10 [Psalm 42:9]]); בַּאֲפֵלוֺת נְהַלֵךְ Isaiah 59:9 in darkness we walk (of distress); on the other hand בְּאוֺר מָּנֶיךָ יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן Psalm 89:16 [Psalm 89:15] of blessedness & prosperity).
3. depart, go entirely away (מִן) מִמְּקוֺם קָדוֺשׁ יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ Ecclesiastes 8:10 from the holy place they must depart (on text compare VB; || וְיִשְׁתַּכְּחוּ בָעִיר).
4. figurative of mode of life, action, etc.: of particular path of one's life בְּאֹרַחזֿוּ אֲהַלֵךְ Psalm 142:4 [Psalm 142:3]; specifically in good sense וַיְהַלֵּךְ אַ֑ט 1 Kings 21:27 and he (Ahad) walked softly (as a penitent); oftener with בְּ of path in which: בִּדְרָכַי יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ Psalm 81:14 [Psalm 81:13] that in my ways they would walk ! compare Psalm 86:11 (בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ), Ezekiel 18:9 (בְּחֻקּוֺתַי); in bad or doubtful sense וְהַלֵךְ בְּדַרְכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶי֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9; compare also לֹא הִלַּכְּתּי בִּגְדֹלֹת Psalm 131:1 I do not walk (move, tread) among great things (|| וּבְנִפְלָאוֺת מִמֶּנִּי; figurative of humility, compare also Psalm 131:1a).
† Hithp. Perfect הִתְהַלָּךְֿ Genesis 6:9; 1 Samuel 30:31; וְהִתְהַלֵךְ consecutive Exodus 21:19; 1 Samuel 2:35; 2nd person masculine singular הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתָּ Ezekiel 28:14; Job 38:16; 1st person singular הִתְהַלַּכְּתִּי Genesis 24:40 + 5 times, etc.; Imperfect יִתְהַלֵךְ Proverbs 23:31; יִתְהַלָּ֑ךְ Job 18:8; Job 22:14; 1st person singular אֶתְהַלֵּךְ Psalm 43:2 + 2 times; וְאֶתְהַלְּכָה Psalm 119:45; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְהַלְּכוּ 1 Samuel 2:30 2 times; וַיִּתְהַלְּכוּ Judges 21:24 + 3 times; יִתְהַלָּ֑כוּ 1 Samuel 23:13 + 3 times; יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן Psalm 12:9 [Psalm 12:8]; 3rd person feminine plural וַתִּתְהַלַּכְנָה Zechariah 6:7, etc.; Imperative הִתְהַלַּךְ Genesis 13:17; Genesis 17:1; הִתְהַלְּכוּ Joshua 18:8; Zechariah 6:7; Infinitive (לְ)הִתְהַלֵּךְ Psalm 56:14 [Psalm 56:13] +; + 4 times; suffix הִתְהַלֶּכְךָ Proverbs 6:22; Participle מִתְהַלֵּךְ Genesis 3:8 + 7 times; feminine singular מִתְהַלֶּכֶת Ezekiel 1:13; masculine plural מִתְהַלְּכִים 1 Samuel 25:27; — walk, walk about, move to and fro:
1. literal
a. traverse, in this direction and that, Genesis 13:17 (J; בָּאָרֶץ) Joshua 18:4 (JE), Joshua 18:8 (id.; בָּאָרֶץ לְכוּ וְהִתְה׳ compare Job 1:7 = Job 2:2 (both || שׁוּט) Zechariah 1:10, 11; similarly also 1 Chronicles 21:4; of fiery appearance in Ezekiel's vision בֵּין הַחַיּוֺת מִתְה׳ Ezekiel 1:13; of horses in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 6:7 (בָּאָרֶץ לָלֶכֶת לְהִתְ׳), Zechariah 6:7 (לְכוּ הִתְהַלְּכוּ בָּא׳), Zechariah 6:7; go in different directions מִשָּׁם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ֗֗֗ אִישׁ לְשִׁבְטוֺ וַיִּתְה׳ Judges 21:24 (|| וַיֵּצְאוּ מִשָּׁם etc.); so of lightning flashes as arrows of י׳ Psalm 77:18 [Psalm 77:17] went hither & thither; of water running off different ways Psalm 58:8 (simile of vanishing of wicked).
b. walk, walk about הִתְהַלֵךְ בַּחוּץ עַלמִֿשְׁעַנְתּוֺ Exodus 21:19 (JE) i.e. leaning upon his staff; Proverbs 6:22 (distinguished from שָׁבַב, חֵקִיץ); 2 Samuel 11:2 (עַלגַֿנּ בֵּית הַמֶּלָךְ); וּבְחֵקֶר תְּהוֺם הִתְהֵלָּ֑כְתָּ Job 38:16 and in the farthest ground of the deep hast thou walked ? בְּתוֺךְ אַבְנֵיאֵֿשׁ הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתָּ Ezekiel 28:14; so also of י׳ walking on earth, in anthropomorphic conception אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵךְ קוֺל י׳ בַּגָּן Genesis 3:8 (J) the sound of י׳ Elohim walking about in the garden; of God (El) וְחוּג שָׁמַיִם יִתְהַלָּ֑ךְ Job 22:14 and the vault of heaven he walketh; walk about in front of (לִפְנֵי) Esther 2:11; attend, follow, of retainers הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים בְּרַגְלֵי אֲדֹנִי 1 Samuel 25:27; wander, of Israel מִגּוֺי אֶלגּֿוֺי Psalm 105:13 = 1 Chronicles 16:20; rove about, of David and his band אֲשֶׁרהִֿתְהַלֶּךְשָֿׁם 1 Samuel 30:31; וַיִּתְהַלְּכוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר יִתְּהָלָּ֑כוּ 1 Samuel 23:13 (on this phrase compare LagPsalt. Hleron. 1874, 156 f. DrSm); walk about, prowl, of Jehoiachin under figure of lion, וַיִתְה׳בְּתוֺךְאֲֿרָיוֺת Ezekiel 19:6; compare also וּבָאמִֿתְהַלֵךְ רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ Proverbs 24:34 and thy poverty cometh marching (compare Pi. Proverbs 6:11); glide, flow of wine בְּמֵישָׁרִים יִתְה׳ Proverbs 23:31 glideth down smoothly (VB; compare Qal 3 Songs 7:10 [Songs 7:9]); note especially the following, where emphasis lies not on verb, but on an auxiliary word; these cases form the natural transition to the figurative use: —Psalm 12:9 [Psalm 12:8] on every side wicked men are walking; בְּצֶלֶם יִתְהָלֶּךְאִֿישׁ Psalm 39:7 [Psalm 39:6] in appearance (semblance, literally image compare Checritical note.) walketh a man; also לָמָּה קֹדֵר אֶתְהַלֵךְ Psalm 43:2 (compare Qal [H3212 Psalm 42:10 [Psalm 42:9]], Pi. Psalm 38:7 [Psalm 38:6]; Job 30:28).
2. figurative walk about = live; the king before (לִמְּנֵי) his people 1 Samuel 12:2, so of Samuel 1 Samuel 12:2; of priest 1 Samuel 2:35 (לִפְנֵי מְשִׁיחִי); of friendly intercourse with (אֶת) men 1 Samuel 25:15; compare כְּרֵעַ כְּאָחלִֿי הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי Psalm 35:14; of man's relation to God: especially followed by לִפְנֵי, לְפָנָי וֶהְיֵהתָמִים ה׳ Genesis 17:1 (P) walk before me (live constantly in my presence) and (so) be perfect, compare Genesis 24:40 (J), Genesis 48:15 (E); לְפָנֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת וּבְלֵבָכ שָׁלֵם ה׳ 2 Kings 20:3 = Isaiah 38:3; as token of divine favour יִתְהַלְּכוּ לְפָנַי עַדעֿוֺלָם 1 Samuel 2:20 (see especially Dr, on sense here & elsewhere); Psalm 116:9 בְּאַרְצוֺת הַחַיִּים אֶתְּהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי י׳, Psalm 56:14 [Psalm 56:13] (בְּאוֺר הַחַיִּים); בִּשְׁמוֺ יִתְה׳ Zechariah 10:12 they shall walk in his name; with אֶת, of Enoch and Noah אֶתהָֿאֱלֹחִים ה׳ Genesis 5:22, 24; Genesis 6:9 (denoting intimacy, fellowship: all P); further בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ ה׳ Psalm 26:3 I have walked in thy faithfulness; בְּתֻמּוֺ מִתְה׳ צַדִּיק Proverbs 20:7 he that walketh justly in his (own) integrity; בְּתָםלְֿבָבִי בְּקֶרֶב בֵּיתִּי אֶתְה׳ Psalm 101:2; compare also Psalm 119:45 and let me walk in a large place (untrammelled, undismayed); of the wicked מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּאֲשָׁמָיו Psalm 68:22 [Psalm 68:21] onegoing on in his guilty deeds; בַּחֲשֵׁכָה יִתְה׳ Psalm 82:5 they walk in darkness (|| יָבִינו וְלֹא יָֽדְעוּ לֹא); of their exposure עַלשְֿׁבָכָה יִתְה׳ Job 18:8 he walketh on net-work, (snare, compare שׂבכה; || שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו); especially of י׳ as accompanying Israel בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶךָ מִתְח׳ Deuteronomy 23:15 [Deuteronomy 23:14] walk in the midst, etc., בְּתוֺכְכֶם Leviticus 26:12; 2 Samuel 7:7 wherever (בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר) I have walked with (among בְּ) all (the sons of) Israel = 1 Chronicles 17:6; as inhabiting a tent, on the march, וָּאֶהְיֶה מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּאֹהֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּ֑ן 2 Samuel 7:6 and I was walking in a tent and in a tabernacle.

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Genesis

3:8; 3:8; 3:14; 5:22; 5:24; 6:9; 6:9; 7:18; 8:3; 8:3; 8:3; 8:5; 8:5; 9:23; 12:4; 12:9; 13:17; 13:17; 14:24; 14:24; 15:2; 15:2; 15:2; 17:1; 17:1; 18:16; 19:2; 24:39; 24:40; 24:40; 24:61; 24:65; 25:32; 26:13; 26:26; 26:26; 31:19; 31:30; 31:30; 32:1; 32:21; 34:17; 35:3; 37:25; 42:38; 45:28; 48:15

Exodus

2:5; 2:5; 3:11; 3:19; 3:19; 3:21; 5:7; 8:23; 8:27; 9:23; 9:23; 9:23; 13:21; 14:19; 14:29; 15:19; 17:5; 19:19; 19:19; 21:19; 21:19; 33:15; 33:15; 34:9

Leviticus

11:20; 11:21; 11:27; 11:27; 11:42; 11:42; 26:12; 26:23; 26:23; 26:24; 26:27; 26:28; 26:40

Numbers

14:14; 14:38; 22:13; 22:14; 22:16; 22:37; 24:1; 24:25; 24:25

Deuteronomy

1:19; 1:31; 1:33; 2:14; 4:3; 6:14; 8:19; 16:7; 23:14; 24:2; 28:9

Joshua

2:5; 3:3; 5:6; 5:6; 6:9; 6:13; 6:13; 10:24; 10:24; 14:10; 14:10; 17:7; 18:4; 18:8; 18:8; 18:8; 23:14; 23:16; 24:17

Judges

1:3; 2:17; 4:8; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 4:9; 4:24; 5:6; 5:6; 5:6; 5:10; 5:10; 6:21; 8:1; 9:8; 9:8; 9:9; 9:11; 9:13; 11:8; 11:40; 14:9; 19:18; 21:21; 21:24; 21:24

Ruth

1:11; 1:21; 2:9

1 Samuel

2:20; 2:20; 2:26; 2:30; 2:35; 2:35; 6:8; 6:8; 6:12; 6:12; 7:16; 8:3; 8:5; 9:5; 9:6; 9:6; 10:14; 10:26; 12:2; 12:2; 14:3; 14:17; 14:19; 14:46; 17:13; 17:41; 19:23; 20:13; 20:42; 23:13; 23:13; 23:18; 23:23; 25:15; 25:27; 25:27; 25:42; 30:22; 30:31; 30:31

2 Samuel

2:29; 2:29; 3:1; 3:16; 3:16; 3:24; 5:10; 7:6; 7:7; 7:9; 8:6; 8:6; 8:14; 11:2; 12:23; 12:23; 13:19; 15:11; 15:11; 15:12; 15:20; 15:30; 16:13; 16:17; 17:11; 18:25; 18:25; 23:17; 24:12

1 Kings

2:2; 2:41; 2:42; 3:6; 8:23; 8:25; 9:4; 11:33; 11:38; 13:9; 13:12; 13:12; 13:17; 14:2; 14:8; 18:6; 19:4; 19:4; 20:36; 21:27; 21:27

2 Kings

2:11; 4:23; 5:10; 5:25; 5:26; 13:6; 13:11; 20:3; 20:9; 21:21; 21:21; 21:22

1 Chronicles

4:42; 4:42; 6:15; 16:20; 17:6; 17:8; 18:6; 18:13; 21:4

2 Chronicles

6:16; 6:16; 7:17; 8:17; 8:17; 9:21; 11:17; 17:3; 17:4; 17:12; 21:12; 22:3; 22:5; 22:5; 25:17

Nehemiah

2:16; 6:17; 12:38

Esther

2:11; 9:4; 9:4

Job

1:7; 2:2; 14:20; 16:22; 18:8; 18:8; 19:10; 20:25; 22:14; 22:14; 23:8; 24:10; 24:10; 27:21; 30:28; 30:28; 30:28; 31:5; 31:7; 31:26; 34:23; 38:16; 38:16; 41:19; 41:19

Psalms

1:1; 12:8; 12:8; 15:2; 26:3; 34:1; 35:14; 38:6; 38:6; 38:6; 39:6; 43:2; 43:2; 55:14; 55:14; 56:13; 56:13; 58:8; 68:21; 73:9; 73:9; 73:9; 77:17; 77:17; 78:39; 81:13; 82:5; 84:11; 85:13; 86:11; 86:11; 89:15; 89:15; 89:30; 89:31; 91:6; 97:3; 101:2; 101:6; 104:3; 104:3; 104:10; 104:26; 105:13; 105:41; 109:23; 115:7; 116:9; 119:3; 119:45; 119:45; 126:6; 128:1; 131:1; 131:1; 131:1; 142:3

Proverbs

2:7; 4:18; 6:11; 6:11; 6:11; 6:12; 6:22; 6:22; 6:28; 7:19; 8:20; 10:9; 10:9; 11:13; 13:20; 13:20; 20:7; 20:19; 23:31; 23:31; 24:34; 24:34; 30:30; 30:31

Ecclesiastes

1:4; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 1:7; 1:7; 3:20; 4:15; 4:15; 5:15; 6:6; 6:8; 6:9; 6:9; 8:10; 9:10; 10:7; 11:9; 11:9; 12:5

Song of Songs

2:11; 2:11; 6:1; 7:9; 7:9

Isaiah

2:3; 2:3; 2:3; 3:16; 3:16; 8:6; 8:7; 20:2; 20:3; 33:15; 35:8; 38:3; 38:5; 42:24; 45:16; 45:16; 46:2; 50:10; 52:12; 52:12; 52:12; 58:8; 59:9; 59:9; 60:3; 60:14; 60:14

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:2; 2:8; 2:23; 3:1; 3:6; 3:6; 3:12; 6:28; 7:9; 8:2; 9:4; 9:10; 9:13; 11:10; 11:12; 13:1; 17:19; 19:1; 22:10; 23:14; 28:13; 34:2; 35:2; 35:13; 37:9; 39:16; 41:6; 44:10; 44:23; 44:23; 48:11; 50:3; 50:4; 50:6

Lamentations

1:5; 1:18; 5:18; 5:18

Ezekiel

1:13; 1:13; 5:6; 5:7; 7:14; 11:12; 11:21; 16:47; 18:9; 18:9; 18:9; 18:17; 19:6; 20:13; 20:16; 20:16; 20:21; 23:31; 25:3; 28:14; 28:14; 31:4; 33:15; 33:31; 37:21

Hosea

5:11; 6:4; 7:11; 9:6; 11:2; 13:3

Amos

2:4

Jonah

1:11; 1:11; 1:13; 1:13

Micah

1:8; 4:2; 4:2; 4:2

Nahum

2:11; 3:10

Habakkuk

1:6; 3:11; 3:11

Zephaniah

1:17

Zechariah

1:10; 1:11; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 6:7; 8:21; 9:14; 10:12

Malachi

2:6; 3:14

H1980

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Strong's Number H1980 matches the Hebrew הָלַךְ (hālaḵ),
which occurs 511 times in 473 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 10 (Gen 2:14–Lev 26:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:14 - The third river is named Hiddekel (Tigris); it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

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And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the [fn]presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:24 - And [in reverent fear and obedience] Enoch walked with God; and he was not [found among men], because God took him [away to be home with Him].

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These are the records of the generations (family history) of Noah. Noah was a righteous man [one who was just and had right standing with God], blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked (lived) [in habitual fellowship] with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - and the waters receded steadily from the earth. At the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had diminished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - The waters continued to decrease until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:9 - Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:5 - But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:17 - “Arise, walk (make a thorough reconnaissance) around in the land, through its length and its width, for I will give it to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - “I will take nothing except what my young men have eaten, and the share of the spoils belonging to the men [my allies] who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share of the spoils.”

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Abram said, “Lord [fn]GOD, what reward will You give me, since I am [leaving this world] childless, and he who will be the owner and heir of my house is this [servant] Eliezer from Damascus?”

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When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the [fn]LORD appeared to him and said,

“I am [fn]God Almighty;

Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].

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Then the men got up from there, and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham walked with them to send them on the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - And he said, “See here, my lords, please turn aside and come into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may get up early and go on your way.” But they said, “No, we shall spend the night in the open plaza [of the city].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - “He said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk [habitually and obediently], will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father’s house;

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“I came today to the spring, and said, ‘O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:65 - She said to the servant, “Who is that man there walking across the field to meet us?” And the servant said, “He is my master [Isaac].” So she took a veil and covered herself [as was customary].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - Esau said, “Look, I am about to die [if I do not eat soon]; so of what use is this birthright to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - And the man [Isaac] became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and extremely distinguished;

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Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, his [close friend and confidential] adviser, and Phicol, the commander of his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 - Then Jacob made a vow (promise), saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel [went inside the house and] stole her father’s [fn]household gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:30 - “Now [I suppose] you felt you must go because you [fn]were homesick for your father’s house and family; but why did you steal my [household] [fn]gods?”

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Then as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him [to reassure and protect him].

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The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:19 - And so Jacob commanded the second and the third as well, and all that followed the herds, saying, “This is what you shall say to Esau when you meet him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:17 - “But if you do not listen to us and refuse to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter [Dinah] and go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - then let us get up and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of [fn]Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and [fn]myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:15 - Then Jacob (Israel) blessed Joseph, and said,

“The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked [in faithful obedience],

The God who has been my Shepherd [leading and caring for me] all my life to this day,

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Now the [fn]daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, and [she, together with] her maidens walked along the river’s bank; she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid [to get it], and she brought it to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God! Who specifically are the ones that are going?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:21 - The [presence of the] LORD was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:19 -

The [fn]angel of God, who had been going in front of the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of the cloud moved from in front and stood behind them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:29 - But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters formed a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 -

For the horses of Pharaoh went with his war-chariots and his charioteers into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:5 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - And it happened, as the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with [a voice of] thunder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:19 - if he gets up and walks around leaning on his cane, then the one who struck him shall be left [physically] unpunished; he must only pay for his loss of time [at work], and the costs [of treatment and recuperation] until he is thoroughly healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:15 - And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 -

‘All winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - yet of all winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:27 - ‘Also all animals that walk on their paws, among all kinds of animals that walk on four legs, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - ‘Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, and whatever has many feet among all things that swarm on the ground, you shall not eat; for they are detestable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:12 - ‘I will walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:23 -

‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act [fn]with hostility against Me,


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