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Lexicon :: Strong's H3212 - yālaḵ

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יָלַךְ
Transliteration
yālaḵ
Pronunciation
yaw-lak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare הָלַךְ (H1980)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 498

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: ילך.

Strong’s Definitions

יָלַךְ yâlak, yaw-lak'; a primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses):—× again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,043x

The KJV translates Strong's H3212 in the following manner: go (628x), walk (122x), come (77x), depart (66x), ...away (20x), follow (20x), get (14x), lead (17x), brought (8x), carry (5x), bring (4x), miscellaneous (62x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,043x
The KJV translates Strong's H3212 in the following manner: go (628x), walk (122x), come (77x), depart (66x), ...away (20x), follow (20x), get (14x), lead (17x), brought (8x), carry (5x), bring (4x), miscellaneous (62x).
  1. to go, walk, come

    1. (Qal)

      1. to go, walk, come, depart, proceed, move, go away

      2. to die, live, manner of life (fig.)

    2. (Hiphil) to lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָלַךְ yâlak, yaw-lak'; a primitive root (compare H1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses):—× again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.
STRONGS H3212: Abbreviations
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 VogNo. 15, 1. 4; Assyrian alâku Dlw; also Arabic هَلَكَ perish) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ה׳ [H1980 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 bi. 414 f.), etc.; Imperfect rarely. Assyrian Alâku Dlw.
Imperfect rarely.
a. 3rd person masculine singular יִהֲלֹךְ Jeremiah 9:3 [Jeremiah 9:2] + 4 times Job, Psalms;
[H1980 וַיַּהֲלֹךְ Job 14:20; 3rd person feminine singular תִּהֲלַךְ Psalm 73:9; וַתִּהֲלַךְ Exodus 9:23 (Ew§ 138 b Ges§ 69, R. 8i. 415); 1st person singular אֶהֱלֹךְ Job 16:22; 23:8 (compare MI 14.15); יִהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; usually]
b. (629 times) as if from ילך (ולך; see Hiph. Ges§ 69, 2 R. 8i. 414 ff. PrätZAW 1882, 310 ff.; compare also יָלַד etc.) 3rd person masculine singular יֵלֵךְ Exodus 10:24 +; יֵלֵ֑ךְ Ecclesiastes 5:15 +; וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21; יֵלֶךְֿ Exodus 34:9 +; וַיֵּלֶךְ Genesis 12:4 (twice in verse) + 210 times, וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ Genesis 24:61 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵךְ Genesis 24:39 תֵּלֵ֑ךְ Psalm 97:3; וַתֵּ֫לֶךְ Genesis 7:18 +; 2nd person masculine singular תֵּלֵךְ etc. Genesis 3:14 +; 2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְכִי etc. Judges 4:8 (twice in verse) +; 1st person singular אֵלֵךְ Exodus 3:11 +; וָאֵלֵךְ Judges 19:18 +; וָאֵלַ֑ךְ Job 19:10; אֵלְכָה Genesis 45:28 +, אֵילְכָה Micah 1:8; 3rd person masculine plural יֵלְכו Exodus 5:7 +; יֵלֵכ֑וּן Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30] + 2 times; וַיֵּלְכוּ Genesis 9:23 (וילכו also SI4) +; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Judges 11:40 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֵּלְכוּ Genesis 42:38 +; תֵּלְכוּן Deuteronomy 6:14; תֵּלֵכ֑וּן Exodus 3:21; Isaiah 52:12; 2nd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Ruth 1:11; 1 person plural נֵלֵךְ Exodus 8:23 [Exodus 8:27] +; וַנֵּ֫לֶךְ Deuteronomy 1:19, etc.;
Imperative rarely
a. הֲלוֺךְ [H1980 Proverbs 13:20] (Kt.; Qr הֹלֵךְ, compare De Now); masculine plural הִלְכוּ Jeremiah 51:10 [Jeremiah 51:9]; usually
b. (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; [H1980 2 Chronicles 25:17]; 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.;
Infinitive absolute הָלוֺךְ [H1980 Genesis 8:3 +; הָלֹךְ Genesis 31:30] +; construct rarely
a. הֲלֹךְ [H1980 Exodus 3:19 + 4 times; הֲלָךְֿ Ecclesiastes 6:9]; usually
b. (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, Ezekiel 1:12, Ezekiel 1:17, etc.;
[H1980 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)];—
I. literal.
1. of persons,
a. go, proceed, move, walk Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:8; [H1980 Exodus 17:5]; Amos 3:3; [H1980 Zephaniah 1:17] + often; of cherubim Ezekiel 10:16Ezekiel 1:9, 12, Ezekiel 1:19, Ezekiel 1:20, Ezekiel 1:21, Ezekiel 1:24; 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 [H1980 Genesis 24:65] (J; followed by בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ), [H1980 Judges 5:10] (עַלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ), [H7272 Isaiah 41:3] (בְּרַגְלָיו), compare Ecclesiastes 5:1 (followed by אֶל), [H1980 Ecclesiastes 10:7] (followed by עַלהָֿאָרֶץ); on usage with preposition see below; but also || וַיִּרְכַּב [H1980 1 Kings 13:12]; 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.
b. depart, go away: Genesis 18:33 (J), and י׳ departed, [H1980 Genesis 34:17 (P) then we will take our daughter and depart; compare 1 Samuel 14:3]; 1 Samuel 15:27; [H1980 Exodus 3:19] (J), Exodus 12:28 (P)
[H1980 2 Kings 5:25 +; go, go out (to a specific duty etc.): of Samuel 1 Samuel 7:16, Barak Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); go out, forth (opposed to שׁוּב) Ruth 1:21 +; = go into exile (without modifier) 1 Chronicles 5:41 [1 Chronicles 6:15] compare Jeremiah 22:10 (הֹלֵךְ of one going into exile; opposed to death); see further אֲשֶׁר הָֽלְכוּ שָׁם Ezekiel 37:21.]
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, Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:17; Numbers 23:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 55:1 (twice in verse) etc., where actual summons to approach the speaker.
d. with modifiers:
(1)
(α). of space traversed: אֵת כָּלהַֿמִּדְבָּר Deuteronomy 1:19 (compare I. אֵת 2), כָּלהַֿבִּתְרוֺן 2 Samuel 2:29; especially with accusative דֶּרֶךְ way, [H1980 Genesis 35:3] (E) Numbers 20:17 (JE) [H1980 Deuteronomy 1:31]; 2 Samuel 4:7; [H1980 1 Kings 13:12] (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:7 compare הָלָ֑כְתָּ אֲשֶׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ תָשׁוּב וְלֹא [H1980 1 Kings 13:9]; הֹלֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ = traveler [H1980 Isaiah 35:8]; followed by אֳרָחוֺת Judges 5:6 (song), participle construct הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת Judges 5:6 goers of paths (wayfarers); with accusative דֶּרֶךְ = journey [H1980 Proverbs 7:19];
(β). with accusative of time [H1980 Deuteronomy 2:14]; 2 Samuel 2:32, compare Joshua 5:6; [H1980 Joshua 14:10]; also, with combination of ideas of space & time דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים 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) [H1980 1 Kings 19:4].
(2) with preposition:
(α) followed by בְּ of space (territory, country, etc.) in which בַּמִּדְבָּר Judges 11:16, Judges 11:18; 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;
[H1980 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 Joshua 8:13 (JE); followed by בְּ of way, path בְּדֶרֶךְ [H1980 1 Kings 18:6] (twice in verse) בַּדּ׳ Numbers 21:22 (JE) [H1980 Joshua 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 1:33]; 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 Lamentations 4:18, walk by the way 'בַּדּ (opposed to יָשַׁב sit) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19;
[H1980 (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 Genesis 28:15 (J) whithersoever thou goest Joshua 1:7, Joshua 1:9 (D),
[H1980 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 Judges 1:26; [H1980 Judges 21:21]; Jeremiah 37:12; so figurative [H1980 Hosea 7:11] resort to (accusative) Asshur (|| קרא); to a city 1 Samuel 11:14, 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Samuel 23:5; 1 Kings 2:8; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Kings 12:1; [H1980 1 Kings 14:2], 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, 2 Samuel 13:8, 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 Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5, מַּדֶּ֫נָת אֲרָם Genesis 28:2, Genesis 28:5, Genesis 28:7 (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; 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 15:9; 1 Kings 3:4; 1 Kings 18:45; 2 Chronicles 10:1; of river Euphrates Jeremiah 13:4, Jeremiah 13:6, 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]; [H1980 Joshua 2:5 (all J E) compare Nehemiah 2:16; Songs 6:1]; Judges 19:17, אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה [H1980 1 Kings 2:42] (but also 'אָן ה [H1980 1 Samuel 10:14]); שָׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 40:4 but also שָׁם 1 Samuel 9:6; Jeremiah 45:5; הֵ֫נָּה 2 Kings 4:35.
(γ). with preposition:
(a) most often followed by אֶלֿ unto, e.g., unto the place, הַמָּקוֺם, Genesis 22:3 (E) Genesis 30:25 (J), etc.; of land Genesis 22:2 (E) Genesis 24:4, Genesis 24:10 (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; [H1980 Ruth 2:9],.etc., also followed by אֶל = against, of military expedition: Judges 1:10 against Canaanites; a city Judges 9:1; 1 Kings 22:15 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:14; also followed by אֶל of individual persons Genesis 26:1, [H1980 Genesis 26:26] (both J), Genesis 41:55 (E) 2 Kings 6:22, 2 Kings 6:23; 2 Kings 22:14 2 Chronicles 34:22; Jeremiah 41:14 +; once with implicit coire cum femina Amos 2:7 (compare בּוֺא 1e);
[H1980 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 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 LagPsalt. Hieron. 1874, 156 f. DrSm; see further [H1980 Jeremiah 3:6] (followed by both עַל & אֶל; confusion of אֶל and לְַ see these words); followed by עַל against city 1 Kings 22:6, king 2 Chronicles 22:5.
(c) followed by עַד as far as, unto, place עַדכֹּֿה Genesis 22:5 (E), compare 1 Kings 12:30 (וַיֵּלְכוּ הָעָם לִפְנֵי הָאֶחָד עַד דָּ֑ן), 2 Kings 6:2; 2 Kings 10:25; 2 Kings 7:15 compare. 2 Chronicles 26:8; persons 1 Samuel 9:9.
(d) followed by לְ, to a land 1 Kings 10:13 etc.; a city [H1980 2 Chronicles 8:17; a mountain 1 Chronicles 4:42]; a bamah [high place] 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 [H1980 Ezekiel 7:14]; לְסִבְלֹתיכֶם Exodus 5:4 (J) go to your burdens
[H1980 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;
Joshua 2:16 (both J E) Judges 18:26; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 26:25 +; לְמַסָּעָיו Genesis 13:3 (J);
[H1980 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 Judges 19:6 [Judges 19:5]; Judges 20:8; 1 Kings 8:66; 1 Kings 12:162 Chronicles 10:16; לְבֵיתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:26; compare 1 Samuel 14:8 1 Samuel 14:6; [H1980 1 Samuel 23:18]; 1 Kings 14:12; 1 Chronicles 16:43;
[H1980 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.]
(e) followed by בְּ into בַּשָּׂדֶה Numbers 22:23 (of Balaam's ass); especially in בּשְּׁבִי ה׳ go into captivity Amos 9:4; [H1980 Nahum 3:10]; Deuteronomy 28:41; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 22:22; Jeremiah 30:16;
[H1980 Lamentations 1:18 (= שְׁבִי 'ה Lamentations 1:5])
compare Ezekiel 30:17, Ezekiel 30:18; [H1980 Isaiah 46:2]; Isaiah 48:17
[H1980 בַּגּוֺלָה ה׳ Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 25:3; see also בַּכְּלִמָּה ה׳ Isaiah 45:16; בַּמִּלְתָמָה ה׳ 1 Samuel 17:13; בַּקְּרָ֑ב ה׳ 2 Samuel 17:11 (but see Dr).]
(4) go from, depart from, followed by מִן, e.g. [H1980 1 Kings 2:41], etc., מִשָּׁם Genesis 42:26 (E) 1 Kings 19:19; compare אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ Psalm 139:7;
[H1980 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 Genesis 26:31 (J), Joshua 22:9 (? P) מֵאֵצֶל 1 Kings 20:36.
(5) with preposition denoting other relations: —
(α). אֵת of accompaniment,
[H1980 אִתִּי ה׳ (on warlike expedition) Genesis 14:24 compare 2 Samuel 15:11; Joshua 10:24; Judges 1:3 (followed by בְּ into),]
Judges 7:4 (twice in verse),
[H1980 see also 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 16:17 +].
(β). עִם Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); Judges 4:9 (twice in verse); Judges 7:4; [H1980 Judges 11:8]; 1 Samuel 30:22 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 19:26; [H1980 Numbers 22:13, 14] (JE) +.
(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.
(δ). בְּקֶרֶב in the midst of, Exodus 34:9 (JE).
(ε). לִפְנֵי in front of, before, before Cyrus Isaiah 45:2, (compare of fire & pestilence, below 3); of 'י going before Israel Exodus 13:21; [H1980 Numbers 14:14], compare also Exodus 23:23; Exodus 32:34 & (in meaning) Exodus 33:14 (יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנַי), [H1980 Exodus 33:15], Isaiah 52:12, with which camp. לְפָנֶיךָ צִדְקֶ֑ךָ 'וה [H1980 Isaiah 58:8]; of other gods Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:23 (all J E); לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 33:12 (J).
(ζ). with אַחַר go after, follow, persons Genesis 37:17 (J) 2 Kings 7:15; אַחֲרֵי Genesis 24:5, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:39, Genesis 24:61 (all J), [H1980 Joshua 3:3] (D), 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 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, [H1980 Songs 2:11] (of rain compare under, 3); Imperative in same construction: לֶךְלְֿךָאֶל 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 Genesis 26:31(J) 1 Samuel 29:7; 2 Samuel 3:21, 2 Samuel 3:22, 2 Samuel 3:23; 2 Samuel 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;
[H1980 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׳ 1 Kings 19:3 he went for his life.
(c) לְ, לְרַגְלָהּ ה׳ 1 Samuel 25:42 go according to her foot, i.e. follow, attend her; לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֺם go to, for (in) peace Exodus 4:18 (E) Judges 18:6; 1 Samuel 1:17; [H1980 1 Samuel 20:13], 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19; וְהֹלְכִים לְתֻמָּם [H1980 2 Samuel 15:11].
(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 [H1980 2 Samuel 15:30; walk naked and barefoot Isaiah 20:3] (with accusative of duration); וַתֵּלַכְנָה נְטֻו֯וֺת גָּרוֺן רגו׳ Isaiah 3:16; compare 1 Kings 8:66; also לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:16 (H)
[H1980 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) Micah 2:3; they shall come bending (שְׁחוֺחַ) [H1980 Isaiah 60:14]; and Agag came delicately (מַעֲדַנֹּת) 1 Samuel 15:32; compare also [H1980 Leviticus 26:23] (II. 3b) Exodus 3:21; 2 Samuel 17:18.
2. Also of animals, in similar meanings and combinations: הָלַךְ [H1980 Nahum 2:11], walk about, prowl (lions, figurative of rulers of Assyria); Proverbs 30:29 (see Proverbs 30:30-31, of three beasts & a king); walk, go, move בִּמְסִלָּה אַחַת ה׳ [H1980 1 Samuel 6:12](of cows bringing ark), horses in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 6:7 וַיְבַקְשׁוּ לָלֶכֶת לְהִתְהַלֵךְ בָּאָרֶץ; of beasts & birds [H1980 Jeremiah 9:10, compare Jeremiah 50:3] both man & beast, they are fled, they are gone; of flocks and herbs (מִקְנֶה) יֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ Exodus 10:26 they shall go with us; מֵהר אֶלגִּֿבְעָה ה׳ [H1980 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.;
[H1980 especially in laws of clean & unclean Leviticus 11:20, 21 every swarming winged thing that goeth on (הַהֹלֵךְעַל) all fours compare Leviticus 11:27, 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 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) 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 [H1980 2 Chronicles 9:21] (followed by accusative) 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, Ezekiel 1:21; Ezekiel 10:11 (4 times in verse);
[H1980 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 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, Joel 3:18 || of hills flowing חָלָב, with milk; compare further figurative כָּלבִּֿרְכַּיִם תֵּלַכְנָה מַיִם Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12 [Ezekiel 21:7], all knees shall flow down in water, i.e. be as weak as water;
[H1980 נְהָרוֺת Ezekiel 31:4 (followed by סָבִיב); וְהָלַךְ עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו Isaiah 8:7 i.e. overflow (|| עָלָה עַלכָּֿלאֲֿפִיקָיו)]
compare Joshua 4:18 (JE); so of water (as SI4) [H1980 Isaiah 8:6]; 1 Kings 18:35 (הַמַּיִם סָבִיב לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַוַיֵּלְכוּ),
[H1980 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 (simile);]
also of lightning go, dart (בָּרָק) Job 38:35,
[H1980 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 bi. 415);]
אֵשׁ לְפָנָיו תֵּלֵךְ Psalm 97:3; of torches, in figure of violent breathing of crocodile לַפִּידִים מִפִּיו יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ [H1980 Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]]; of sword אַחֲרַיִךְ תֵּ֫לֶךְ חָ֑רֶב Jeremiah 48:2,
[H1980 of arrow בָּרָק Job 20:25 drawn from a wound; of pestilence דֶּבֶר (personified) Psalm 91:6]
(בָּאֹפֶל), Habakkuk 3:5 (לְפָנָיו);
[H1980 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 Job 7:9 עָנָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְכָּלָה;
[H1980 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 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 [H1980 Joshua 17:7] and the boundary went unto etc., compare 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 LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Th Klo, and they went away.
†4. a.- b. (1-2) c. (1) α.- γ. (2-6) d. see H1980
5. In combination with other verbal forms:
a. followed by infinitive of purpose (with לְ)
[H1980 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 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; 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: Genesis 22:13; Genesis 27:14; Exodus 2:8; Exodus 4:27, 29 (all J E), Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:13; Deuteronomy 17:3; [H1980 Deuteronomy 24:2]; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; [H1980 Jeremiah 11:12] + often; וַיֵּלֶךְ וַּיָשָּׁבּ Exodus 4:18 (E),יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב Deuteronomy 20:5, Deuteronomy 20:6, Deuteronomy 20:7, Deuteronomy 20:8, 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 Genesis 22:19 (E) compare Genesis 24:10 (J) Genesis 43:8 (J) Numbers 16:25 (JE) Judges 4:9; נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה Genesis 33:12 (J).
d. especially as result of action expressed in preceding verb, such as verb of sending, etc.: וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶתאֶֿחָיו וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ Genesis 45:24 (E) compare Joshua 1:16 (D) [H1980 1 Samuel 6:8]; Job 38:35; also יִשָּׁאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21 an east wind shall carry him off, and he shall depart; וַיְ גָָֽרֲשֵׁהוּ וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ [H1980 Psalm 34:1] (title). (compare depart also of inanimate things 3 above)
e. in longer series: וַיֵּלֶךְ וִיִּבְרַח וַיִּמָּלֵט 1 Samuel 19:12; וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָשָׁב֗֗֗ וַיֵּשֶׁב 2 Kings 19:36 = Isaiah 37:37; compare [H1980 Numbers 24:25] (JE); וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּבאֹ Judges 19:10; also וַיָּקָם וַיָּבאֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ 2 Kings 10:12.
f. oft; in imperative foll by 2nd imperative or equivalent,
(1) לֵךְ קַחלִֿי 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; Genesis 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 2 Kings 3:7 etc.), go to, or come, do (let us do) so & 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, 1 Samuel 11:14; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2, compare Zechariah 6:7 +; even לֵךְ בּאֹ וְאֶשְׁלְחָה 2 Kings 5:5 go to, come, and let me send, compare Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 26:20; Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:11; further Judges 19:11, Judges 19:13; 1 Samuel 9:5; 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 Exodus 19:24; Exodus 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 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; 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);
[H1980 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 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 [H1980 Genesis 25:32] (J).
2. live ('walk'), in general (compare Pi. Hithp.) (usually in poetry, with modifying words): צַלְמָוֶת כִּיאֵֿלֵךְ בְּנֵיא 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׳ [H1980 Isaiah 50:10], see also Ezekiel 3:14; perhaps also [H1980 Genesis 15:2] compare 1 above; יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל 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 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׳ [H1980 Psalm 101:6], compare Isaiah 30:21; Jeremiah 6:16; 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27;
(β) in (בְּ) ways of י׳ especially D: Deuteronomy 8:6 (|| לְיִרְאָה אֹתוֺ) compare Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:22 (|| 'לְאַהֲבָה אֶתיֿ etc.), [H1980 Deuteronomy 28:9] (|| 'שָׁמַר מִצְוֺת י); see also Deuteronomy 13:14 [Deu 13:13] +;
[H1980 1 Kings 11:33 (followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת), 1 Kings 11:38 (followed by וְעָשִׂיתָ) 2 Kings 21:22; Psalm 119:3; Psalm 128:1; בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; further (followed by דֶּרֶךְ) Judges 2:17;]
(γ) † in commandments of י׳ [H1980 2 Chronicles 17:4];
(δ) in his law(s) (תּוֺרָה) [H8451 Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:14] (J) 2 Kings 10:31; [H1980 Jeremiah 9:12 [Jeremiah 9:13]; Jeremiah 44:23] (+ בְּחֻקֹּת & בְּעֵדְוֺת), 2 Chronicles 6:16; Daniel 9:10, compare Nehemiah 10:30 [Nehemiah 10:29] (of אֱלֹהִים);
(ε) † in his ordinances, statutes (חֻקּוֺת) Leviticus 26:3; 1 Kings 6:12
[H1980 Jeremiah 44:10, 23 (see above), Ezekiel 5:6, 7];
Ezekiel 11:20;
[H1980 Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, 16],
Ezekiel 20:19,
[H1980 Ezekiel 20:21, compare בְּחֻקּוֺת חַיִּים Ezekiel 33:15];
also בְּחֻקֵּי 1 Kings 8:61; [H1980 Ezekiel 11:12]; Ezekiel 36:27;
(ζ) † in his judgments (מִשְׁמָּטִים) Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30]; Ezekiel 37:24;
(η) † in ordinances of David 1 Kings 3:3, compare also below;
(θ) in way(s) of good man
[H1980 1 Samuel 8:3, 5; 2 Chronicles 21:12, of David 2 Chronicles 11:17];
34:2, of David & Solomon [H1980 2 Chronicles 17:3].
(2) in bad sense,
(α) in (evil) ways with
[H1980 בְּ 2 Kings 21:21; Ezekiel 16:47; Ezekiel 23:31; 2 Chronicles 22:3];
compare also (probably) 2 Chronicles 21:20 חֶמְדָּה וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּלאֹ and he lived undesirably (compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Kmp Öttli); > others he departed (died) unregretted, so AV RV;
(β) followed by accusative 2 Kings 21:21; Jeremiah 18:15 (נְתִיבוֺת ה׳);
(γ) with adverb. accusative פֶּה עִקְּשׁוּת הּוֺלֵךְ [H1980 Proverbs 6:12] one walking in perversity (falseness) of mouth (compare צְדָקוֺת [H1980 Isaiah 33:15]);
(δ) in (בְּ)ordinances, statutes (חֻקּוֺת) of bad men Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23 (both H) 2 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 17:19; Ezekiel 20:18 (בְּחוּקֵּי).
b. walk with (אֶת, עִם) i.e. associate, be familiar with: בְּשָׁלוֺם אִתִּי 'וּבְמִישׁוֺר ה [H1980 Malachi 2:6] in peace and uprightness he walked with me (י׳); הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִםאֲֿלֹהֶיךָ Micah 6:8;
[H1980 but also of people at variance with י׳ וַהֲלְכְתֶּם עִמִּי קֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:23 compare Leviticus 26:27; Leviticus 26:40; & of י׳ at variance with people וְהָלַכְתִּי ֗֗֗ עִמָּכֶם בְּקֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:24 compare Leviticus 26:28 (all H); with men, אֶתהֲּֿכָמִים Proverbs 13:20];
עִם אַנְשֵׁי רֶשַׁע Job 34:8; compare walk with (עִם) vanity [H1980 Job 31:5].
c. walk before י׳ (לִפְנֵי י׳; with בֶּאֱמֶת, בְּכָללִֿבָּם etc.) 1 Kings 2:4;
[H1980 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Kings 8:23, 25];
1 Kings 9:4; 2 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 7:17
[H1980 compare קְדֹרַנִּית מִמְּנֵי י׳ ה׳ Malachi 3:14; walk before the living (i.e. walk aright before them) Ecclesiastes 6:8].
d. walk, go, after (אַהֲּדֵי)
(1) י׳ Deuteronomy 13:5; [H1980 1 Kings 14:8]; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 11:10 +;
(2) other gods, Judges 2:12 especially D: [H1980 Deuteronomy 4:3]; Deuteronomy 6:14; [H1980 Deuteronomy 8:19]; Deuteronomy 13:3 [Deuteronomy 13:2]; Deuteronomy 28:14; [H1980 Jeremiah 2:23]; Jeremiah 7:6; [H1980 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 11:10]; Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 25:6 +; compare go & serve other gods [H1980 Joshua 23:16]; Deuteronomy 13:7 [Deuteronomy 13:6]; Deuteronomy 13:14 [Deuteronomy 13:13]; Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 29:17 [Deuteronomy 29:18] (compare Deuteronomy 28:14 above);
(3) things which do not profit [H1980 Jeremiah 2:8];
(4) vanity [H1980 Hosea 5:11 (reading שָׁוְא compare VB); see also Amos 2:4].
e. walk in
(1) one's integrity, etc., בְּתֻמִּי Psalm 26:11; compare [H1980 Psalm 84:12 [Psalm 84:11]]; Proverbs 10:9,
[H1980 see also תָּמִים ה׳ Psalm 15:2, הֹלְכֵי תֹם Proverbs 2:7];
(2) bad sense, in (בְּ) sin 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:2, 1 Kings 16:26; [H1980 2 Kings 13:6, 11] + (especially of wicked kings); (evil) counsel 2 Chronicles 22:5 compare [H1980 Psalm 1:1].
f. (1) (α-β) (2) 4. see H1980
Niph.Pi. and † Hithp. see H1980
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺלִיךְ (as if from ילך, i.e. a verb פו֞, compare references below Qal Imperfect above.) 2 Kings 24:15; suffix הוֺלִיכְךָ Deuteronomy 8:2, וְהוֺלִיכוֺ consecutive Proverbs 16:29, etc.; Imperfect יוֺלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 10:20, יוֺלִךְ Jeremiah 32:5; jussive יוֺלֵךְ Deuteronomy 28:36; שֶׁיֹּלֵךְ Ecclesiastes 5:14 [Ecclesiastes 5:15]; וַיּוֺ֫לֶךְ Exodus 14:21 וַיֹּ֫לֶךְ 2 Kings 6:19 + 2 times; וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ Lamentations 3:2; suffix וִיּוֺלִכֵּ נִי Ezekiel 40:24; Ezekiel 43:1; Ezekiel 47:6; 1st person singular אוֺלִיךְ 2 Samuel 13:13; Ezekiel 32:14, cohortative וְאוֺלִיכָה 2 Kings 6:19, וָאוֺלֵךְ Amos 2:10 + 3 times, etc.; Imperative הוֺלֵךְ Numbers 17:11 [Numbers 16:46]; feminine singular הֵילִיכִי Exodus 2:9 (Böii. 461, § 1103; but read probably הוֺלִיכִי Ol§ 256, b Ges§ 69, 2, R 8); masculine plural הֹלִיכוּ 2 Kings 17:27; Infinitive suffix לְהֹלִיכוֺ 2 Chronicles 36:6; Participle מוֺלִיךְ Jeremiah 2:6 + 4 times; suffix מוֺלִיכְךָ Deuteronomy 8:15, מוֺלִכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:17; מוֺלִיכָם Isaiah 63:13; feminine plural מוֺלִכוֺת Zechariah 5:10;
1. lead, bring: followed by accusative usually of person;
a. with בְּ of space or region through which, Deuteronomy 8:15 (Israel in wilderness) Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 136:16, so also Isaiah 48:21; בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ Jeremiah 2:17; compare Joshua 24:3 (E), Isaiah 63:13; Psalm 106:9; also figurative Isaiah 42:16 and I will lead (the) blind in a way (בְּדֶרֶךְ) they know not;
b. with accusative of person, בְּ of space + accusative of time וָאוֺלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בַּמִּדְבָּר Deuteronomy 29:4 [Deuteronomy 29:5]; so Amos 2:10 (followed by infinitive of purpose with לְ).
c. followed by accusative of person + accusative of way, road, Deuteronomy 8:2, compare דֶּרֶךְ הַדָּרוֺם Ezekiel 40:24 (accusative of direction).
d. followed by accusative of person + accusative of place or condition to which אֶתנְֿשֵׁי הַמֶּלֶךְ ֗֗֗הוֺלִיךְ גּוֺלָה 2 Kings 24:15 the women of the king, etc., he led into exile (מִירוּשָׁלְם בָבֶ֑לָה); so also, of exile וְהוֺלַכְּתִּיהָ הַמִּדְבָּר Hosea 2:16 [Hosea 2:14]; בָּבֶל Jeremiah 32:5; compare of Yahweh's chastisement, Lamentations 3:2 me hath he driven and brought, into darkness and not into light; followed by accusative of person + אֶלגֿוֺי ׃אל etc. Deuteronomy 28:36 (of exile); אֶלנַֿחֲלֵימַֿיִם Jeremiah 31:9; אֶלהַֿשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 43:1; אֶלהָֿעֵדָה Numbers 17:11 [Numbers 16:46] (P; implicit object being censer); אֶל of person 2 Kings 6:19; Jeremiah 52:26, עַל in || 2 Kings 25:20; עַל also 1 Kings 1:38 וַיֹּלִכוּ אֹתוֺ עַלגִּֿיחוֺן (see below עַל 7c β).
e. followed by accusative of person + ָ  ה locative: שֹׁמְרֹ֫נָה 2 Kings 6:19; בָּבֶּ֫לָה 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6 (compare 2 Kings 24:15 above); compare שָׁ֫מָּה 2 Kings 17:27.
2. lead away followed by accusative of person + apposition; מוֺלִיךְ יוֺעֲצִים שׁוֺלָ֑ל Job 12:17 he (י׳) leadeth away counsellors despoiled compare Job 12:19; of Yahweh's judgment on the wicked Psalm 125:5 י׳ will lead them away with (אֶת) the workers of iniquity.
3. carry, bring: with object helpless, or inanimate:
a. + accusative of location, Josiah to Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַם) 2 Chronicles 35:24 (וַיְבִיאֻהוּ in || 2 Kings 23:30 [2 Kings 23:29] ); compare Zechariah 5:10 whither are these carrying the ephah? אֶת־חֶרְפָּתִי אוֺלִיךְ אָ֫נָה 2 Samuel 13:13.
b. carry, take, take away, חֵילִיכִי אֶתהַֿיֶּלֶד Exodus 2:9 (E; on form compare above); also carry away בְּיָדוֺ, in his hand, Ecclesiastes 5:14 [Ecclesiastes 5:15]; of the spread of a careless speech Ecclesiastes 10:20 fowl of the heavens shall carry the voice (|| בַּעַל ה֯כְּנָפַיִם יַגֵּיד דָּבָר).
4. figurative, of influence on character: with accusative of person + בְּ into: Proverbs 16:29 and he will lead him into a way that is not good (i.e. sinful).
5.
a. cause to walk, go, men (i.e. עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל) on (עַל) the mountains of Israel Ezekiel 36:12 (|| וִירֵשׁוּךָ, וְהָיִיתָ לָהֶם לְנַחֲלָה); compare וָאוֺלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם קוֺמֲמִיּוּת Leviticus 26:13 and I caused you to walk upright (figurative; opposed to being bowed down by a yoke); Isaiah 63:12 that caused his glorious arm to go at (לְ) the right hand of Moses.
b. cause to flow, run Ezekiel 32:14 and rivers like oil will I cause to flow.
c. cause to depart, retire, go back, י׳, the sea, Exodus 14:21 (בְּ instrumental, בְּרוּחַ קָדִים).
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Genesis

3:14; 3:14; 7:18; 7:18; 9:23; 11:31; 12:1; 12:4; 12:5; 13:3; 16:8; 18:22; 18:33; 19:32; 19:32; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:5; 22:6; 22:8; 22:13; 22:19; 22:19; 24:4; 24:5; 24:8; 24:10; 24:10; 24:38; 24:39; 24:39; 24:56; 24:61; 24:61; 26:1; 26:16; 26:31; 26:31; 27:5; 27:9; 27:13; 27:14; 28:2; 28:5; 28:7; 28:10; 28:15; 29:1; 29:1; 29:7; 30:25; 31:44; 32:17; 33:12; 33:12; 36:6; 37:14; 37:17; 37:20; 41:55; 42:19; 42:26; 42:38; 43:8; 45:17; 45:24; 45:28

Exodus

2:8; 2:9; 2:9; 3:11; 3:18; 3:21; 3:21; 4:18; 4:18; 4:19; 4:21; 4:27; 4:29; 5:3; 5:4; 5:7; 8:27; 8:27; 10:9; 10:24; 10:26; 12:28; 13:21; 14:19; 14:21; 14:21; 15:22; 18:27; 19:10; 19:24; 23:23; 32:1; 32:7; 32:23; 32:34; 33:1; 33:14; 34:9; 34:9

Leviticus

18:3; 19:16; 20:23; 26:3; 26:13

Numbers

13:26; 16:25; 16:25; 16:46; 16:46; 20:17; 21:22; 22:6; 22:11; 22:17; 22:23; 23:7; 23:13; 32:39; 33:8

Deuteronomy

1:19; 1:19; 2:27; 6:7; 6:7; 6:14; 6:14; 8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:15; 8:15; 10:12; 11:19; 11:19; 11:22; 13:2; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 13:13; 13:13; 17:3; 17:3; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 20:8; 28:14; 28:14; 28:36; 28:36; 28:41; 29:5; 29:18

Joshua

1:7; 1:9; 1:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:18; 5:6; 5:6; 8:9; 8:13; 9:11; 16:8; 18:8; 22:4; 22:9; 22:9; 24:3

Judges

1:10; 1:26; 2:12; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 5:6; 5:6; 7:4; 7:4; 9:1; 9:1; 9:10; 11:16; 11:18; 11:40; 18:2; 18:6; 18:6; 18:26; 19:5; 19:10; 19:11; 19:13; 19:13; 19:17; 19:18; 20:8; 21:23

Ruth

1:8; 1:8; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 2:3; 2:11

1 Samuel

1:17; 1:18; 9:5; 9:6; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:26; 11:14; 11:14; 11:15; 14:6; 15:6; 15:27; 15:32; 15:34; 16:13; 17:39; 17:44; 19:12; 19:22; 20:42; 22:5; 22:5; 23:5; 23:16; 23:16; 23:28; 25:42; 26:11; 26:12; 26:25; 28:22; 29:7; 30:22

2 Samuel

2:29; 2:32; 3:16; 3:21; 3:22; 3:23; 4:7; 11:22; 13:7; 13:8; 13:13; 13:13; 14:23; 15:9; 15:9; 15:20; 17:18; 17:21; 19:15; 19:26

1 Kings

1:12; 1:13; 1:38; 2:4; 2:8; 2:8; 2:26; 3:3; 3:4; 6:12; 8:36; 8:61; 8:66; 8:66; 9:4; 10:13; 11:24; 12:1; 12:16; 12:30; 13:17; 14:4; 14:12; 15:3; 15:26; 15:34; 16:2; 16:26; 18:16; 18:35; 18:45; 18:45; 19:3; 19:8; 19:15; 19:19; 19:20; 20:27; 20:36; 20:43; 22:6; 22:15; 22:49

2 Kings

3:7; 3:7; 4:24; 4:25; 4:35; 4:35; 5:5; 5:12; 5:19; 6:2; 6:19; 6:19; 6:19; 6:19; 6:22; 6:23; 7:9; 7:15; 7:15; 9:1; 9:16; 9:18; 10:12; 10:25; 10:31; 13:21; 17:8; 17:19; 17:27; 17:27; 19:36; 21:21; 22:14; 23:29; 23:29; 24:15; 24:15; 24:15; 25:20

1 Chronicles

4:39; 11:4; 16:43

2 Chronicles

1:3; 6:16; 6:16; 6:27; 7:17; 8:3; 10:1; 10:16; 18:5; 18:14; 20:36; 20:37; 21:20; 21:20; 22:5; 22:5; 25:11; 26:8; 26:8; 26:8; 30:6; 30:6; 33:11; 34:2; 34:22; 35:24; 36:6; 36:6

Ezra

8:31; 10:6

Nehemiah

10:29

Job

7:9; 12:17; 12:19; 19:10; 27:21; 27:21; 29:3; 34:8; 38:35; 38:35

Psalms

23:4; 26:11; 34:11; 39:13; 42:9; 80:2; 84:7; 89:30; 89:30; 97:3; 97:3; 106:9; 122:1; 125:5; 136:16; 138:7; 139:7

Proverbs

4:12; 10:9; 10:9; 15:21; 15:21; 16:29; 16:29; 30:29; 30:30; 30:31

Ecclesiastes

1:7; 1:7; 1:7; 5:1; 5:1; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:16; 7:2; 10:20; 10:20

Song of Songs

2:10; 2:13; 4:6

Isaiah

2:3; 2:3; 3:16; 22:15; 26:20; 30:21; 33:21; 37:37; 40:31; 42:16; 45:2; 48:17; 48:21; 52:12; 52:12; 52:12; 55:1; 55:1; 55:3; 63:12; 63:13; 63:13

Jeremiah

1:7; 2:2; 2:6; 2:6; 2:17; 2:17; 6:16; 7:6; 9:2; 12:2; 13:4; 13:6; 13:7; 16:11; 18:15; 20:6; 22:22; 25:6; 30:16; 31:9; 32:5; 32:5; 37:12; 40:4; 41:14; 41:17; 45:5; 46:22; 48:2; 51:9; 52:7; 52:26

Lamentations

3:2; 3:2; 4:18

Ezekiel

1:9; 1:9; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:17; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 1:20; 1:21; 1:21; 1:24; 3:4; 3:11; 3:14; 7:17; 10:11; 10:16; 11:20; 20:18; 20:19; 21:7; 30:17; 30:18; 32:14; 32:14; 36:12; 36:27; 37:24; 40:24; 40:24; 43:1; 43:1; 47:6

Daniel

9:10

Hosea

1:2; 2:7; 2:14; 5:6; 5:15; 11:10; 14:3

Joel

2:7; 2:8; 3:18

Amos

2:7; 2:10; 2:10; 3:3; 9:4

Jonah

3:3

Micah

1:8; 2:3; 4:2; 4:2; 6:8; 6:8

Habakkuk

3:5

Zechariah

5:10; 5:10; 6:7; 6:7

H3212

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3212 matches the Hebrew יָלַךְ (yālaḵ),
which occurs 1,044 times in 936 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 19 (Gen 3:14–Gen 28:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - Then the LORD God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this, you are cursed
more than all animals, domestic and wild.
You will crawl on your belly,
groveling in the dust as long as you live.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:18 - As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:31 - One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 - The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:4 - So Abram departed as the LORD had instructed, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:5 - He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ and allow me to take her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and get out of here!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - The victorious invaders then plundered Sodom and Gomorrah and headed for home, taking with them all the spoils of war and the food supplies.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:12 - They also captured Lot—Abram’s nephew who lived in Sodom—and carried off everything he owned.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:22 - The other men turned and headed toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:33 - When the LORD had finished his conversation with Abraham, he went on his way, and Abraham returned to his tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 - Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[fn] away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:19 - Then God opened Hagar’s eyes, and she saw a well full of water. She quickly filled her water container and gave the boy a drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:3 - The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along with his son, Isaac. Then he chopped wood for a fire for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had told him about.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:5 - “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told the servants. “The boy and I will travel a little farther. We will worship there, and then we will come right back.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:6 - So Abraham placed the wood for the burnt offering on Isaac’s shoulders, while he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them walked on together,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:8 - “God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,” Abraham answered. And they both walked on together.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - Then Abraham looked up and saw a ram caught by its horns in a thicket. So he took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - Then they returned to the servants and traveled back to Beersheba, where Abraham continued to live.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant asked, “But what if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:10 - Then he loaded ten of Abraham’s camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham’s brother Nahor had settled.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - Go instead to my father’s house, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “But I said to my master, ‘What if I can’t find a young woman who is willing to go back with me?’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Yes, let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the LORD has directed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - “But we want Rebekah to stay with us at least ten days,” her brother and mother said. “Then she can go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - But he said, “Don’t delay me. The LORD has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can return to my master.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:58 - So they called Rebekah. “Are you willing to go with this man?” they asked her.
And she replied, “Yes, I will go.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:61 - Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:22 - But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. “Why is this happening to me?” she asked.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham’s time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:13 - He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:16 - Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. “Go somewhere else,” he said, “for you have become too powerful for us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:17 - So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 - But Rebekah overheard what Isaac had said to his son Esau. So when Esau left to hunt for the wild game,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:13 - But his mother replied, “Then let the curse fall on me, my son! Just do what I tell you. Go out and get the goats for me!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 - So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:7 - He also knew that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan-aram.

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