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 Vog
No. 15, 1. 4; Assyrian
alâku Dl
w; 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 b Kö
i. 414 f.), etc.;
Imperfect rarely. Assyrian
Alâku Dl
w.
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. 8 Köi. 415); 1st person singular אֶהֱלֹךְ Job 16:22; 23:8 (compare MI 14.15); יִהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; usually]
Imperative rarely
a. הֲלוֺךְ [
H1980 Proverbs 13:20] (Kt.; Qr
הֹלֵךְ, compare De Now);
masculine plural הִלְכוּ Jeremiah 51:10 [
Jeremiah 51:9]; usually
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 10:16 —
Ezekiel 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];
(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 ?);
(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.
(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 Lag
Psalt. Hieron. 1874, 156 f. Dr
Sm; 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.
(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),]
(twice in verse),
[
H1980 see also
1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 16:17 +].
(
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.
(
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:
(
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]
, (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 SI
4) [
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 b Köi. 415);]
; 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 
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:
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)
f. oft; in imperative foll by 2nd imperative or equivalent,
(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).
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:
(
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];
(
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];
, 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
Kmp Öttli); > others
he departed (died)
unregretted, so AV RV;
(
γ) with adverb. accusative
פֶּה עִקְּשׁוּת הּוֺלֵךְ [
H1980 Proverbs 6:12]
one walking in perversity (falseness)
of mouth (compare
צְדָקוֺת [
H1980 Isaiah 33:15]);
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];
; compare
walk with (
עִם)
vanity [
H1980 Job 31:5].
d. walk, go, after (אַהֲּדֵי)
(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];
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 (Bö
ii. 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;
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).
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:
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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