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 Vog
No. 15, 1. 4; Assyrian
alâku Dl
w; 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 Kö
i. 414 f.), etc.;
Imperfect rarely. Assyrian
Alâku Dl
w.
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 Kö
i. 415);
1st person singular אֶהֱלֹךְ Job 16:22;
Job 23:8 (compare MI
14.15);
יִהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [
Job 41:19]; usually
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.];
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.]
[
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)
(
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 Lag
Psalt. Hieron. 1874, 156 f. Dr
Sm; 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.
(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: —
[
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.
(
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 SI
4)
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 Kö
i. 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 
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 
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).
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];
(
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;
(2) in bad sense,
(
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).
d. walk, go, after (אַהֲּדֵי)
e. walk in
f.
(1) לֵב as subject,
(
α) =
thoughts,
לֹא לִבִּי הָלַךְ 2 Kings 5:26 did not my thoughts go forth;
(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
; ||
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
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 Lag
Psalt. Hleron. 1874, 156 f. Dr
Sm);
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 Che
critical 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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