אֹרַח

1. literal Dom 5,6 (twice in verse) song of Deborah (alone = highways, opposed to עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת ׳א crooked (by- paths;) compare also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת ib.); Es 33,8 ׳עֹבֵר א = wayfarer (|| מְסִלּוֺת), see also 1 Mos 49,17 (blessing of Jocob) (|| דֶּרֶךְ) & הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם those who make straight their ways (|| עֹבְרֵי דָרֶ֑ךְ) Ord 9,15, ׳בּוֺא א go (tread) a path Es 41,3 of course of locusts Joel 2,7 ׳לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן א they confuse not their paths (|| דְּרָכִים); יַמִּים ׳א paths of the seas Sl 8,9 רוּץ אֹרַח run along a path, figurative of sun Sl 19,6.

2. figurative path, way, of course & fortunes of life = Job 33,11; Job 19,8 (|| נְתִיבוֺת) Sl 139,3 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Sl 142,4 (|| נְתִיבָה) Ord 3,6 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Ord 4,18; Ord 15,19 (both || id.) Es 26,7 (|| מַעְגָּל) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Es 3,12 plain or even path מִישׁוֺר ׳א Sl 27,11 in two cases with a special reference (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים 1 Mos 18,11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ a path (which) I shall not return, I am going Job 16,22 i.e. to Sh®°ôl, compare Assyrian name of lower world irƒit lâ târat, land without return, see Jr¹⁰; Jr⁶⁵.

3. figurative way, of mode of living, or of character Job 34,11 (|| פֹּעַל) Sl 119,9. Specifically:
\ \ a. ways of ׳י, his mode of action Sl 25,10
\ \ b. of man's righteousness, called ways of ׳י Sl 25,4 (|| דְּרָכִים) Sl 44,19; Sl 119,15 (|| פִּקּוּדִים) Es 2,3 = Mik 4,2 (|| דְּרָכִים) compare מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ ׳א Es 26,8 also way of justice, uprightness, etc. מִשְׁפָּט ׳א Ord 2,8 (|| דֶּרֶח) Ord 17,23; Es 40,14 (|| דֶּרֶח), ישֶׁר ׳א Ord 2,13 (|| id.), צְדָקָה ׳א Ord 8,20 (|| נְתִיבוֺת), Ord 12,28 (|| דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה); so אֹרַה alone Es 30,11 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Ord 15,10 note especially אֹרַח חַיִּים, path of life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Sl 16,11; Ord 2,19; Ord 5,5; Ord 15,24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), also לְחַיִּים ׳א Ord 10,17 (on these compare Str Ord 14,32);
\ \ c. of wickedness, פָּרִיץ ׳א way, path of the violent Sl 17,4, compare also Ord 22,25 רְשָׁעְים ׳א Ord 4,14 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), בֹּצֵעַ ׳א Ord 1,19 followed by abstract שָׁ֑קֶר ׳א Sl 119,104, so vSl 119,128 (|| פִּקּוּדִים), also with adjective רָע ׳א Sl 119,101 compare Ord 2,15 (עִקְּשִׁים crooked) called עלָוֺם ׳הָא Job 22,15 note also אֵידָם ׳א their destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction Job 30,12 (compare Job 19,12).

4. by meton. traveler, wayfarer Job 31,32 (compare חֵלֶךְ 2 Sam 12,4) & in plural caravans 2 Sam 6,18; 2 Sam 6,19 but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ 2 Sam 31,32, אֹרְחוֺת 2 Sam 6,18; 2 Sam 6,19.