דֶּרֶךְ

1. way, road, path 1 Mos 35,3 (E) 1 Mos 38,16; 1 Mos 38,21 (both J) 1 Mos 48,7 (P), 1 Mos 49,17 (J; poem) 3 Mos 26,22 (H, only here in Leviticus) 4 Mos 22,22; 4 Mos 22,23 (3 t. in verse); 4 Mos 22,31; 4 Mos 22,34 (all J E) 5 Mos 6,7; 5 Mos 22,4; 5 Mos 22,6; 5 Mos 23,5; 5 Mos 24,9; 5 Mos 25,17; 5 Mos 25,18; (D) Rut 1,7; 1 Sam 4,13 (on text compare Dr) 1 Sam 15,2; 1 Sam 24,4; 2 Sam 16,13; 1 Kong 13,9; 1 Kong 13,10 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 13,12; 1 Kong 13,17; 1 Kong 13,24 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 13,25; 1 Kong 13,26; 1 Kong 13,28; 1 Kong 18,6 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 18,7; 1 Kong 20,38; 2 Kong 2,23; 2 Kong 3,8; 2 Kong 6,19; 2 Kong 19,33 = Es 37,29; Es 37,34; Hos 6,9; Hos 13,7; Es 43,16; Es 43,19; Es 49,9; Es 49,11; Es 51,10; Es 57,14 (twice in verse); Jer 6,25; Klg 1,5; Ezk 21,24; Ezk 21,25; Ezk 42,11; Ezk 42,12; Sl 107,40; Sl 110,7; Ord 7,8; Ord 8,2; Ord 26,13; Praed 10,3; Praed 12,5 construct way of (often = to, toward) עֵץ הַחַיִּים ׳ד 1 Mos 3,24 (J) שׁוּר ׳ד 1 Mos 16,7 (J) אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ד 2 Mos 13,17 (E) הַבָּשָׁן ׳ד 4 Mos 21,33 (JE); compare 5 Mos 1,2; 5 Mos 1,19; 5 Mos 3,1; Jos 2,7 (JE) Jos 12,3; 1 Sam 6,9; 1 Sam 6,12; 1 Sam 13,17; 1 Sam 13,18 (twice in verse); 1 Sam 17,52; 2 Kong 3,20; Es 15,5; Jer 2,18 (twice in verse); Jer 50,5; Ezk 47,15; Ezk 48,1 הַמִּדְבָּר ׳ד (of different ways) 2 Mos 13,18 (E) Jos 8,15 (JE) Dom 20,42, compare 5 Mos 2,8; 2 Sam 2,24; 2 Kong 3,8 ׳ד אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Sam 15,23 is corrupt; read הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ׳ד בַּטִּדְבָּר ᵐ5L Dr compare We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; הָעֲרָבָה ׳ד 5 Mos 2,8 and (with different reference) 2 Sam 4,7; 2 Kong 25,4 = Jer 52,7; Jer 39,4 הַכִּכָּר ׳ד 2 Sam 18,23 יַםסֿוּף ׳ד 4 Mos 14,25; 4 Mos 21,4 (JE) 5 Mos 1,40; 5 Mos 2,1 often of gateway, as הַשַּׁעַר ׳ד 2 Sam 15,2 compare 2 Kong 11,19; 2 Kong 25,4 = Jer 52,7; Ezk 9,2; Ezk 43,4; Ezk 44,1; Ezk 44,4; Ezk 46,9 (5 t. in verse); Ezk 47,2 ׳ד אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר Ezk 44,3; Ezk 46,2; Ezk 46,8 בֵּית הַגָּן ׳ד 2 Kong 9,27, גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ׳ד Jer 39,4 הַיָּם ׳ד Es 8,23 (compare Commentaries & Schumacher^{Jaulan 63 and} PEF^{Apr. 1889, 78}); מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ׳ד 2 Kong 11,16 followed by ָ  ה locative 1 Mos 35,19 (E), 1 Mos 38,14 (J) 1 Mos 48,7 (P; read אפרתה Ol); הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ׳ד 4 Mos 20,17; 4 Mos 21,22 (both J E; Arabic of different highroads, compare Seetzen^{i. 61, 132, ii. 336} Rob^{BR iii. 141} Di; = מְסִלָּה 4 Mos 20,19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare || בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ 5 Mos 2,27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Sl 77,20 (|| וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nah 1,3 compare בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ ׳י ׳ד Es 40,8 (|| יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also Mal 3,1, compare Es 43,16; Es 43,19 (way made by ׳י) & Es 51,10 path of lighting Job 28,26; Job 38,25 of light Job 38,19; Job 38,24, of camel (בִּכְרָה) Jer 2,23, of locusts Joel 2,7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Ord 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 vOrd 30,20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Jos 23,14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1 Kong 2,2 (compare 1 Mos 19,31 4 a).

2. journey 1 Mos 24,21; 1 Mos 24,40; 1 Mos 24,42; 1 Mos 24,56 (all J) 4 Mos 9,10; 4 Mos 9,13 (P) Jos 9,11; Jos 9,13 (both J E) 1 Kong 18,27; 1 Kong 19,7 ׳רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ; ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת ד Dom 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 Sam 21,6 a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ׳ד 1 Mos 30,36 (J) 2 Mos 3,18; 2 Mos 5,3; 2 Mos 8,23; 4 Mos 10,33 (twice in verse) (all J E), 4 Mos 33,8 (P) compare also 1 Mos 31,23 (E) 4 Mos 11,31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1 Kong 19,4; 2 Kong 3,9 go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ 1 Mos 19,2 (J), 1 Mos 32,2 (E), 1 Mos 33,16 (J), 4 Mos 24,25; Jos 2,16 (both J E), Dom 18,26; Dom 19,27; 1 Sam 1,18; 1 Sam 26,25; 1 Sam 30,2; 1 Kong 1,49; Jer 28,11, see הלך; also ׳הָפַךְ לְד 1 Sam 25,12, & (figurative) ׳פָּנָה לְד Es 53,6 (so Es 56,11 5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jer 3,13.

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

4. way, manner:
\ \ a. usage כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ׳ד 1 Mos 19,31 (J; compare also Jos 23,14; 1 Kong 2,2 above)
\ \ b. = customary experience, or condition נָשִׁים ׳ד 1 Mos 31,35 (E).
\ \ c. מִצְרַיִם ׳ד Amos 4,10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Es 10,24; Es 10,26.
\ \ d. habit of animals, ants Ord 6,6 (plural)

5. figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ 5 Mos 28,29 compare Jos 1,8 (D) 1 Sam 18,14; 2 Sam 22,33 = Sl 18,33; Job 3,23; Job 8,19; Job 17,9; Job 22,28; Job 24,23; Job 31,4; Job 34,21; Sl 10,5; Sl 35,6; Sl 37,5; Sl 37,7; Sl 37,23; Sl 91,11; Sl 102,24; Sl 119,37; Sl 128,1; Sl 139,3; Sl 146,9; Ord 2,8; Ord 3,6; Ord 3,23; Ord 11,5; Ord 20,24; Ord 29,27; Ord 31,3; Es 40,27; Es 45,13; Es 48,15; Es 55,8; Es 55,9; Jer 2,36; Jer 10,23; Jer 12,1; Jer 23,12; Klg 3,9; Klg 3,11; Hos 2,8; Hos 9,8; Hos 10,13; (עְנָוִים ׳ד); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו 2 Kron 13,22 of Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו 2 Kron 27,7 of Ahaz וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים 2 Kron 28,26 אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ׳ד Es 3,12 compare also Es 30,11 and Es 57,18 = gain Es 56,11, pleasure, etc. Es 58,13.

6. a. of moral action and character הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ 1 Mos 6,12 (P); compare Jer 3,21 יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם 1 Kong 2,4; 1 Kong 8,25 = 2 Kron 6,16 compare v2 Kron 6,39 = 2 Kron 6,30 ׳הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י 2 Kron 27,6; Sl 5,9; Sl 39,2; Sl 49,14; Sl 50,23; Sl 119,5; Sl 119,26; Sl 119,59; Sl 119,168; Ord 4,26; Ord 5,8; Ord 5,21; Ord 10,9; Ord 14,2; Ord 14,8; Ord 14,12; Ord 16,2; Ord 16,7; Ord 16,9; Ord 16,17; Ord 16,25; Ord 19,3; Ord 19,16; Ord 21,2; Ord 21,29; Jer 2,33; Jer 6,27; Jer 7,3; Jer 7,5; Jer 16,17; Jer 17,10; Jer 18,11; Jer 18,15; Jer 26,13; Jer 32,19 (twice in verse); Klg 3,40; Ezk 7,3; Ezk 7,8; Ezk 7,9; Ezk 7,27; Ezk 14,22; Ezk 14,23; Ezk 18,25; Ezk 18,29; Ezk 18,30; Ezk 24,14; Ezk 28,15; Ezk 33,17; Ezk 33,20; Ezk 36,19; Hag 1,5; Hag 1,7; Zak 1,6 דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Praed 11,9 compare Es 57,17 (& Jer 32,39
\ \ c. below)
\ \ b. of duty (commanded by ׳י, etc.) יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ ׳הַדּ 2 Mos 18,20 (E) compare 2 Mos 32,8 (JE) 5 Mos 9,12; 5 Mos 9,16; 5 Mos 13,6; 5 Mos 31,29; Sl 25,8; Sl 25,12; Sl 32,8; Sl 119,1; Sl 143,8; Ord 21,16; Ord 22,6; Ord 23,19; Es 30,21; Es 48,17; Jer 7,23; Mal 2,8 so too, of wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם Ord 3,17, חָכְמָה ׳ד Ord 4,11; Ord 8,32 compare Ord 23,26 בִּינָה ׳ד Ord 9,6 compare Es 40,14.
\ \ c. specifically: in good sense הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה ׳ד 1 Sam 12,23; 1 Kong 8,36 = 2 Kron 6,27 compare Ord 16,31; Jer 6,16 תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ Job 4,6 compare Job 22,8; Ord 13,6 דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Job 24,13 (|| נְתִיבֹתָיו); צַדִּיקִים ׳ד Sl 1,6, טוֺבִים ׳ד Ord 2,20, יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ Sl 37,14, תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Ord 11,20; Sl 119,1 תָּמִים ׳ד Sl 101,2; Sl 101,6, אֱמוּנָה ׳ד Sl 119,30, שָׁלוֺם ׳דּ Es 59,8 עוֺלָּם ׳ד Sl 139,24, חַיִּים ׳ד Ord 6,23, compare Ord 12,28; Jer 21,8 (opposed to המות ׳ד see below); without modifier 1 Sam 8,3; 1 Sam 8,5; Job 13,15; Job 23,10, ׳לֵב אֶחָד וְד אֶחָד Jer 32,39 compare also
\ \ a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1 Kong 22,43; 2 Kong 22,2; 2 Kron 11,17; 2 Kron 20,32; 2 Kron 21,12 (twice in verse) (plural) so 2 Kron 34,2 compare דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים 2 Kron 17,3 the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי Jer 12,16.
\ \ d. oftener in bad sense דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Dom 2,19, דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה 1 Kong 13,33, רַע ׳ד Ord 2,12; Ord 8,13; Ord 28,10 compare 2 Kong 17,13; 2 Kron 7,14; Jer 18,11; Jer 23,22; Jer 25,5; Jer 26,3; Jer 35,15; Jer 36,2; Jer 36,7; Ezk 3,18; Ezk 3,19; Ezk 13,22; Ezk 20,44; Ezk 33,11; Jon 3,8; Jon 3,10; Zak 1,4 לֹא טוֺב ׳ד Sl 36,5; Ord 16,29; Es 65,2 דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה Ezk 16,27 compare with completed metaphor לֹא סְלוּלָה ׳ד Jer 18,15 further שֶׁקֶר ׳ד Sl 119,29, עֹצֶב ׳ד Sl 139,24, פִּשְׁעָם ׳ד Sl 107,17 דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Ord 2,13 דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Ord 14,12 = Ord 16,25 דרך המות Jer 21,8, compare above c; עָצֵל ׳ד Ord 15,19 (compare Ord 6,6); חַטָּאִים ׳ד Sl 1,1 compare vSl 1,6; Ord 1,15; Ord 3,31; Ord 4,19 (רְשָׁעִים ׳ד), Ord 12,15 (אֱוִיל ׳ד), Ord 13,15 (בֹּגְדִים ׳ד), also Ord 15,9; Ord 21,8; Es 55,7 עִקֵּשׁ ׳ד Ord 22,5, compare עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Ord 28,6 compare vOrd 28,18 further, without modifier, Hos 4,9; Hos 12,3; Ord 7,25; Ord 14,14; Es 53,6; Es 66,3; Jer 2,23 (of idolatry רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא) vJer 2,33; Jer 4,11 (compare Hi Gf) vJer 4,18; Jer 15,7; Jer 22,1; Ezk 16,47 (twice in verse); Ezk 16,61; Ezk 18,23; Ezk 20,43; Ezk 23,13; Ezk 23,31; Ezk 33,8; Ezk 33,9 (twice in verse); Ezk 33,11; Ezk 36,17 (twice in verse); Ezk 36,31.Ezk 36,32 compare also below
\ \ a. above; לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ 1 Kong 8,32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2 Kron 6,23, compare Ezk 7,4; Ezk 9,10; Ezk 11,21; Ezk 16,43; Ezk 22,31 פְּרִי דַּרְכָּם Ord 1,31 especially construct before names of bad kings יָרָבְעָם ׳ד 1 Kong 15,34 (compare v1 Kong 15,26) 1 Kong 16,2; 1 Kong 16,19; 1 Kong 16,26; 1 Kong 22,53 compare v1 Kong 22,53 v1 Kong 22,53 also מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳ד 2 Kong 8,18; 2 Kong 16,3; 2 Kron 21,6; 2 Kron 21,13; 2 Kron 28,2 (plural); דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kong 8,27 = 2 Kron 22,3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); הָעָם הַזֶּה ׳ד Es 8,11, הַגּוֺיִם ׳ד Jer 10,2, ׳ד אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezk 20,30 compare 2 Kong 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 Ord 8,22
\ \ \ (b) = his moral administration, 2 Mos 33,13 (plural; J E); 5 Mos 32,4; 2 Sam 22,31 = Sl 18,31; Job 21,31; Job 36,23 אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Sl 77,14 (|| מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים); Sl 85,14; Sl 103,7; Sl 138,5; Sl 145,17; Ord 10,29; Es 55,8; Es 55,9; Jer 5,4; Jer 5,5; Ezk 18,25 (twice in verse); Ezk 18,29 (twice in verse); Ezk 33,17; Ezk 33,20; Hos 14,10.
\ \ \ (c) = his commandments לַעֲשׂוֺת צְדָקָה ׳י ׳וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט 1 Mos 18,19 (J); ׳כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י 5 Mos 5,30 compare (plural) 5 Mos 8,6; 5 Mos 10,12; 5 Mos 11,22; 5 Mos 11,28; 5 Mos 19,9; 5 Mos 26,17; 5 Mos 28,9; 5 Mos 30,16; Jos 22,5 (D) Dom 2,22; 2 Sam 22,22 = Sl 18,22, 1 Kong 2,3; 1 Kong 3,14; 1 Kong 8,58; 1 Kong 11,33; 1 Kong 11,38; 2 Kong 21,22; 2 Kron 6,31; Job 21,14; Job 23,11; Job 34,27; Sl 25,4; Sl 25,9; Sl 27,11; Sl 37,34; Sl 51,15; Sl 67,3; Sl 81,14; Sl 86,11; Sl 95,10; Sl 119,3; Es 2,3 = Mik 4,2; Es 42,24; Es 58,2; Es 63,17; Es 64,4; Zak 3,7; Mal 2,9 compare ׳וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י 2 Kron 17,6 see also עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ ׳ד Sl 119,14 פִּקּוּדֶיךָ ׳ד vSl 119,27, מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ ׳ד vSl 119,32, חֻקֶּיךָ ׳ד vSl 119,33.