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אֹ֫רַח noun masculine Job 6:18 (feminine Prov 15:19 ) way, path (Assyrian ur—u COTGloss, Aramaic אֹרַח, [untranscribed source text 414]) — ׳ א absolute Ps 19:6 +; construct Prov 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִי Job 19:8; Ps 139:3 < Infinitive construct, and || רִבְעִי (Infinitive construct of II. רבע), not דרכי, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺת Judg 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺת Job 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑י Job 13:27; Job 33:11 אָרְחוֺתָם Joel 2:7; Prov 9:15 אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Prov 2:15 also אֹרְחֹתָיו Isa 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Ps 119:15 + etc.; — way, path (in Hebrew mostly poetry)
1. literal
Judg 5:6 (twice in verse) song of Deborah (alone = highways, opposed to
עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת
׳
א
crooked (by- paths;) compare also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת
ib.); Isa 33:8
׳
עֹבֵר א = wayfarer (|| מְסִלּוֺת), see also Gen 49:17
(blessing of Jocob) (|| דֶּרֶךְ) & הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם
those who make straight their ways (|| עֹבְרֵי דָרֶ֑ךְ) Prov 9:15, ׳
בּוֺא א
go (tread) a path
Isa 41:3 of course
of locusts Joel 2:7
׳
לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן א
they confuse not their paths (|| דְּרָכִים); יַמִּים
׳
א
paths of the seas
Ps 8:9
רוּץ אֹרַח
run along a path, figurative of sun Ps 19:6.
2.
figurative
path, way, of course & fortunes of life
= Job 33:11; Job 19:8 (|| נְתִיבוֺת) Ps 139:3 (|| דֶּרֶךְ
) Ps
142:4 (|| נְתִיבָה) Prov 3:6 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Prov 4:18; Prov 15:19 (both ||
id.) Isa 26:7 (|| מַעְגָּל) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ
Isa 3:12
plain or even path
מִישׁוֺר
׳
א
Ps 27:11 in
two cases with a special reference (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים
Gen 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) Ps 119:9. Specifically:
a.
ways of
׳
י, his mode of action Ps 25:10
b. of man's righteousness, called ways of
׳
י
Ps 25:4 (||
דְּרָכִים) Ps 44:19; Ps 119:15 (|| פִּקּוּדִים) Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2 (|| דְּרָכִים
) compare מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ
׳
א
Isa 26:8 also
way of justice, uprightness, etc. מִשְׁפָּט
׳
א
Prov 2:8 (||
דֶּרֶח) Prov 17:23; Isa 40:14 (|| דֶּרֶח), ישֶׁר
׳
א
Prov 2:13 (||
id.), צְדָקָה
׳
א
Prov 8:20 (||
נְתִיבוֺת), Prov 12:28 (|| דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה); so אֹרַה
alone Isa 30:11
(|| דֶּרֶךְ) Prov 15:10 note especially אֹרַח חַיִּים, path of
life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Ps 16:11; Prov 2:19; Prov 5:5; Prov 15:24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל
), also לְחַיִּים
׳
א
Prov 10:17
(on these compare Str
Prov 14:32
);
c. of wickedness, פָּרִיץ
׳
א
way, path of the violent
Ps 17:4,
compare also
Prov 22:25
רְשָׁעְים
׳
א
Prov 4:14 (||
דֶּרֶךְ), בֹּצֵעַ
׳
א
Prov 1:19
followed by abstract שָׁ֑קֶר
׳
א
Ps
119:104, so Ps 119:128 (|| פִּקּוּדִים), also with adjective
רָע
׳
א
Ps
119:101 compare Prov 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 metonym traveler, wayfarer
Job 31:32
(compare חֵלֶךְ
2Sam 12:4) &
in plural caravans
2Sam 6:18; 2Sam 6:19 but read
perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ
2Sam 31:32,
אֹרְחוֺת
2Sam 6:18; 2Sam 6:19.