1 way, road, path Genesis 35:3 (E) Genesis 38:16,21 (both J) Genesis 48:7 (P), Genesis 49:17 (J; poem) Leviticus 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus) Numbers 22:22,23 (3 t. in verse); Numbers 22:31,34 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 22:4,6; Deuteronomy 23:5; Deuteronomy 24:9; Deuteronomy 25:17,18; Joshua 3:4 (D) Ruth 1:7; 1 Samuel 4:13 (on text compare Dr) 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 24:4; 2 Samuel 16:13; 1 Kings 13:9,10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:12,17,24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25,26,28; 1 Kings 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 20:38; 2 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Kings 7:15, 19:28; 2 Kings 19:33 = Isaiah 37:29,34; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 13:7; Isaiah 43:16,19; Isaiah 49:9,11; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 57:14 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:25; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 21:24; Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 42:11,12; Joel 2:7; Ezra 8:22,31; Job 12:24; Psalm 107:40; Psalm 110:7; Proverbs 7:8; Proverbs 8:2; Proverbs 26:13; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Ecclesiastes 12:5; construct way of (often = to, toward) עֵץ הַחַיִּים ׳ד Genesis 3:24 (J) שׁוּר ׳ד Genesis 16:7 (J) אֶרֶץ מְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ד Exodus 13:17 (E) הַבָּשָׁן ׳ד Numbers 21:33 (JE); compare Deuteronomy 1:2,19; Deuteronomy 3:1; Joshua 2:7 (JE) Joshua 12:3; 1 Samuel 6:9,12; 1 Samuel 13:17,18 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:52; 2 Kings 3:20; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 2:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 48:1; הַמִּדְבָּר ׳ד (of different ways) Exodus 13:18 (E) Joshua 8:15 (JE) Judges 20:42, compare Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:24; 2 Kings 3:8; ׳ד אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ׳ד בַּטִּדְבָּר ᵐ5^L Dr compare We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; הָעֲרָבָה ׳ד Deuteronomy 2:8 and (with different reference) 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Jeremiah 39:4; הַכִּכָּר ׳ד 2 Samuel 18:23; יַםסֿוּף ׳ד Numbers 14:25; Numbers 21:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:40; Deuteronomy 2:1; often of gateway, as הַשַּׁעַר ׳ד 2 Samuel 15:2 compare 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 43:4; Ezekiel 44:1,4; Ezekiel 46:9 (5 t. in verse); Ezekiel 47:2; ׳ד אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 44:3; Ezekiel 46:2,8; בֵּית הַגָּן ׳ד 2 Kings 9:27, גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳ד Jeremiah 39:4; הַיָּם ׳ד Isaiah 8:23 (compare Commentaries & Schumacher^{Jaulan 63 and} PEF^{Apr. 1889, 78}); מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ׳ד 2 Kings 11:16; followed by ָ  ה locative Genesis 35:19 (E), Genesis 38:14 (J) Genesis 48:7 (P; read אפרתה Ol); הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ׳ד Numbers 20:17; Numbers 21:22 (both J E; Arabic of different highroads, compare Seetzen^{i. 61, 132, ii. 336} Rob^{BR iii. 141} Di; = מְסִלָּה Numbers 20:19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare "" בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ Deuteronomy 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:20 ("" וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nahum 1:3; compare בַּמִּדְבָּר מַּנּוּ ׳י ׳ד Isaiah 40:8 ("" יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also Malachi 3:1, compare Isaiah 43:16,19 (way made by ׳י) & Isaiah 51:10; path of lighting Job 28:26; Job 38:25; of light Job 38:19,24, of camel (בִּכְרָה) Jeremiah 2:23, of locusts Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Proverbs 30:19 the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid (i.e. no trace is left in any case); compare also Proverbs 30:20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1 Kings 2:2 (compare Genesis 19:31 4a).

2 journey Genesis 24:21,40,42,56 (all J) Numbers 9:10,13 (P) Joshua 9:11,13 (both J E) 1 Kings 18:27; 1 Kings 19:7 ׳רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ; ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת ד Judges 17:8; בְּאֵר ׳ד שָׁ֑בַע Amos 8:14 (journey of — to — Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious, ᵐ5 ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; Hoffm^{ZAW 1883, 123} proposes דֹּדְךָ, We בְּאֵרְךָ compare Bu^{ThLz 1892, 62}); דֶּרֶךְ חֹל 1 Samuel 21:6 a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ׳ד Genesis 30:36 (J) Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23; Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E), Numbers 33:8 (P) compare also Genesis 31:23 (E) Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 3:9; go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ Genesis 19:2 (J), Genesis 32:2 (E), Genesis 33:16 (J), Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16 (both J E), Judges 18:26; Judges 19:27; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 30:2; 1 Kings 1:49; Jeremiah 28:11, see הלך; also ׳הָפַךְ לְד 1 Samuel 25:12, & (figurative) ׳מָּנָה לְד Isaiah 53:6 (so Isaiah 56:11

5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jeremiah 3:13.

3 of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1 Kings 8:44,48 2Chronicles 6:34,38 pray toward the city, etc.; 2 Chron 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. צָפוֺנָה ׳ד Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 40:6; construct הַקָּדִים ׳ד Ezekiel 40:10 (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co) Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 43:1; הַצָּפוֺן ׳ד Ezekiel 43:20 compare הַדָּרוֺם ׳ד Ezekiel 43:24; Ezekiel 43:24, הַיָּם ׳ד Ezekiel 41:12, הֶחָצֵר ׳ד Ezekiel 42:7 etc. (c. 28 t. Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 9:2; compare Ezekiel 43:2; Ezekiel 44:3; on אַמָּה אֶחָת ׳ד Ezekiel 42:4 see VB Co Da) compare לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים Job 24:18.

4 way, manner:

a. usage כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ד Genesis 19:31 (J; compare also Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2 above)

b. = customary experience, or condition נָשִׁים ׳ד Genesis 31:35 (E).

c. מִצְרַיִם ׳ד Amos 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isaiah 10:24,26.

d. habit of animals, ants Proverbs 6:6 (plural)

5 figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:29 compare Joshua 1:8 (D) 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:33 = Psalm 18:33; Job 3:23; Job 8:19; Job 17:9; Job 22:28; Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 35:6; Psalm 37:5; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 91:11; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 139:3; Psalm 146:9; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 3:6,23; Proverbs 11:5; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 29:27; Proverbs 31:3; Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 55:8,9; Jeremiah 2:36; Jeremiah 10:23; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 23:12; Lamentations 3:9,11; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 9:8; Hosea 10:13; Amos 2:7 (עְנָוִים ׳ד); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו2Chronicles 13:22; of Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו2Chronicles 27:7; of Ahaz וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים2Chronicles 28:26; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ׳ד Isaiah 3:12 compare also Isaiah 30:11; and Isaiah 57:18; = gain Isaiah 56:11, pleasure, etc. Isaiah 58:13.

6. a. of moral action and character הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 6:12 (P); compare Jeremiah 3:21; יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25 2Chronicles 6:16; compare 2 Chronicles 6:39 2Chronicles 6:30; ׳הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י2Chronicles 27:6; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 39:2; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 50:23; Psalm 119:5; Psalm 119:26; Psalm 119:59; Psalm 119:168; Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:8,21; Proverbs 10:9; Proverbs 14:2,8,12; Proverbs 16:2,7,9,17,25; Proverbs 19:3,16; Proverbs 21:2,29; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 6:27; Jeremiah 7:3,5; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 18:11,15; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 32:19 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:40; Ezekiel 7:3; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 14:23; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 33:17; Ezekiel 33:20; Ezekiel 36:19; Haggai 1:5; Haggai 1:7; Zechariah 1:6; דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9 compare Isaiah 57:17 (& Jeremiah 32:39 c. below)

b. of duty (commanded by ׳י, etc.) יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ ׳הַדּ Exodus 18:20 (E) compare Exodus 32:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 9:12,16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 31:29; Judges 2:17; Job 31:7; Psalm 25:8; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 143:8; Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:19; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 7:23; Malachi 2:8; so too, of wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם Proverbs 3:17, חָכְמָה ׳ד Proverbs 4:11; Proverbs 8:32; compare Proverbs 23:26; בִּינָה ׳ד Proverbs 9:6 compare Isaiah 40:14.

c. specifically: in good sense הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה ׳ד 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:36 2Chronicles 6:27; compare Proverbs 16:31; Jeremiah 6:16; תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ Job 4:6; compare Job 22:8; Proverbs 13:6; דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 ("" נְתִיבֹתָיו); צַדִּיקִים ׳ד Psalm 1:6, טוֺבִים ׳ד Proverbs 2:20, יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ Psalm 37:14, תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Proverbs 11:20; Psalm 119:1; תָּמִים ׳ד Psalm 101:2; Psalm 101:6, אֱמוּנָה ׳ד Psalm 119:30, שָׁלוֺם ׳דּ Isaiah 59:8; עוֺלָּם ׳ד Psalm 139:24, חַיִּים ׳ד Proverbs 6:23, compare Proverbs 12:28; Jeremiah 21:8 (opposed to המות ׳ד see below); without modifier 1 Samuel 8:3,5; Job 13:15; Job 23:10, ׳לֵב אֶחָד וְד אֶחָד Jeremiah 32:39; compare also a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 22:2; 2Chronicles 11:17; 20:32; 21:12 (twice in verse) (plural) Songs 2 Chronicles 34:2; compare דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים2Chronicles 17:3 the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי Jeremiah 12:16.

d. oftener in bad sense דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judges 2:19, דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה 1 Kings 13:33, רַע ׳ד Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 28:10; compare 2 Kings 17:13; 2Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 36:2,7; Ezekiel 3:18,19; Ezekiel 13:22; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 33:11; Jonah 3:8,10; Zechariah 1:4; לֹא טוֺב ׳ד Psalm 36:5; Proverbs 16:29; Isaiah 65:2; דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה Ezekiel 16:27; compare with completed metaphor לֹא סְלוּלָה ׳ד Jeremiah 18:15; further שֶׁקֶר ׳ד Psalm 119:29, עֹצֶב ׳ד Psalm 139:24, מִּשְׁעָם ׳ד Psalm 107:17; דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Proverbs 2:13; דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Proverbs 14:12 = Proverbs 16:25; דרך המות Jeremiah 21:8, compare above c; עָצֵל ׳ד Proverbs 15:19 (compare Proverbs 6:6); חַטָּאִים ׳ד Psalm 1:1 compare Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 4:19 (רְשָׁעִים ׳ד), Proverbs 12:15 (אֱוִיל ׳ד), Proverbs 13:15 (בֹּגְדִים ׳ד), also Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:8; Isaiah 55:7; עִקֵּשׁ ׳ד Proverbs 22:5, compare עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6 compare Proverbs 28:18; further, without modifier, Hosea 4:9; Hosea 12:3; Proverbs 7:25; Proverbs 14:14; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 2:23 (of idolatry רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא) Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 4:11 (compare Hi Gf) Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 15:7; Jeremiah 22:1; Ezekiel 16:47 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 18:23; Ezekiel 20:43; Ezekiel 23:13,31; Ezekiel 33:8,9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 36:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 36:31.Ezekiel 36:32 compare also below a. above; לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ 1 Kings 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2 Chronicles 6:23, compare Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 9:10; Ezekiel 11:21; Ezekiel 16:43; Ezekiel 22:31; מְּרִי דַּרְכָּם Proverbs 1:31; especially construct before names of bad kings יָרָבְעָם ׳ד 1 Kings 15:34 (compare 1 Kings 15:26) 1 Kings 16:2,19,26; 1 Kings 22:53 compare 1 Kings 22:53; 1 Kings 22:53; also מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ד 2 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 16:3; 2Chronicles 21:6,13; 28:2 (plural); דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kings 8:27 2Chronicles 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); הָעָם הַזֶּה ׳ד Isaiah 8:11, הַגּוֺיִם ׳ד Jeremiah 10:2, ׳ד אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 20:30 compare 2 Kings 21:21.

e. way of ׳י: (a) = his creative activity Job 26:14; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus) הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵיאֵֿל Job 40:19 (hyperb.); compare of wisdom רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 8:22; (b) = his moral administration, Exodus 33:13 (plural; J E); Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Job 21:31; Job 36:23; אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:14 ("" מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים); Psalm 85:14; Psalm 103:7; Psalm 138:5; Psalm 145:17; Proverbs 10:29; Isaiah 55:8,9; Jeremiah 5:4,5; Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:17,20; Hosea 14:10. (c) = his commandments לַעֲשׂוֺת צְדָקָה ׳י ׳וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד וּמִשְׁמָּ֑ט Genesis 18:19 (J); ׳כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י Deuteronomy 5:30 compare (plural) Deuteronomy 8:6; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:22,28; Deuteronomy 19:9; Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:9; Deuteronomy 30:16; Joshua 22:5 (D) Judges 2:22; 2 Samuel 22:22 = Psalm 18:22, 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:58; 1 Kings 11:33,38; 2 Kings 21:22; 2Chronicles 6:31; Job 21:14; Job 23:11; Job 34:27; Psalm 25:4; Psalm 25:9; Psalm 27:11; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 67:3; Psalm 81:14; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 95:10; Psalm 119:3; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 42:24; Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 63:17; Isaiah 64:4; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 2:9; compare ׳וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י2Chronicles 17:6; see also עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ ׳ד Psalm 119:14; מִּקּוּדֶיךָ ׳ד Psalm 119:27, מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ ׳ד Psalm 119:32, חֻקֶּיךָ ׳ד Psalm 119:33.