דֶּ֫רֶךְ 715 noun masculineDeuteronomy 17:16 & (less often) 
feminineExodus 18:20 way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute 
ד׳ Genesis 38:16 +; 
דָּ֑רֶךְ Genesis 38:21 +; construct 
דֶּרֶךְ Genesis 3:24; suffix 
דַּרְכִּי Genesis 24:42 + 
4 times + 
2 Samuel 22:33 דַּרְכִּ֯ו; 
דַּרְכְּךָ Hosea 10:13; 
1 Kings 19:15; 
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 5:9 +
9 times; 
דַּרְכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:23 +
8 times; 
דַּרְכּוֺ Genesis 6:12 +; 
דַּרְכָּהּ 1 Samuel 1:18; 
Job 28:23; 
דַּרְכֵּנוּ Judges 18:5 + 
2 times; 
דַּרְכְּכֶם Genesis 19:2 + 
3 times, 
דַּרָכָּם 1 Kings 2:4 +; dual 
דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6, 
18; plural 
דְּרָכִים Deuteronomy 28:7 + 
6 times; construct 
דַּרְכֵי Proverbs 3:17 + 
24 times; suffix 
דְּרָכַי Job 13:15 + 
17 times, 
דְּרָכָ֑י Psalm 95:10 + 
4 times; 
דְּרָכֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:29 + 
16 times; 
דְּרָכֶךָ Exodus 33:13 + 
2 times; 
דְּרָכַיִךְ Jeremiah 3:18 + 
4 times; 
דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 7:3 + 
3 times; 
דְּרָכָיו Deuteronomy 10:12 +; 
דְּרָכֶיהָ Proverbs 3:17 + 
3 times; 
דְּרָכֵינוּ Lamentations 3:40; 
Zechariah 1:6; 
דַּרְכֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:22 + 
17 times; 
דַּרְכֵיהֶם Jeremiah 16:17 + 
5 times; 
דַּרְכֵיהֶן Ezekiel 16:47; — 
    1. way, road, path Genesis 35:3 (E) 
Genesis 38:16, 
21 (both J) 
Genesis 48:7 (P), 
Genesis 49:17 (J; poem) 
Leviticus 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus) 
Numbers 22:22, 
23 (
3 times in verse); 
Numbers 22:31, 
34 (all J E) 
Deuteronomy 6:7; 
Deuteronomy 22:4, 
6; 
Deuteronomy 23:5; 
Deuteronomy 24:9; 
Deuteronomy 25:17, 
18; 
Joshua 3:4 (D) 
Ruth 1:7; 
1 Samuel 4:13 (on text compare Dr) 
1 Samuel 15:2; 
1 Samuel 24:4; 
2 Samuel 16:13; 
1 Kings 13:9, 
10 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 13:12, 
17, 
24 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 13:25, 
26, 
28; 
1 Kings 18:6 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 18:7; 
1 Kings 20:38; 
2 Kings 2:23; 
2 Kings 3:8; 
2 Kings 6:19; 
2 Kings 7:15, 
19:28; 
2 Kings 19:33 = 
Isaiah 37:29, 
34; 
Hosea 6:9; 
Hosea 13:7; 
Isaiah 43:16, 
19; 
Isaiah 49:9, 
11; 
Isaiah 51:10; 
Isaiah 57:14 (twice in verse); 
Jeremiah 6:25; 
Lamentations 1:5; 
Ezekiel 21:24; 
Ezekiel 21:25; 
Ezekiel 42:11, 
12; 
Joel 2:7; 
Ezra 8:22, 
31; 
Job 12:24; 
Psalm 107:40; 
Psalm 110:7; 
Proverbs 7:8; 
Proverbs 8:2; 
Proverbs 26:13; 
Ecclesiastes 10:3; 
Ecclesiastes 12:5; construct 
way of (often = to, toward) 
עֵץ הַחַיִּים ד׳ Genesis 3:24 (J) 
שׁוּר ד׳ Genesis 16:7 (J) 
פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶרֶץ ד׳ Exodus 13:17 (E) 
הַבָּשָׁן ד׳ Numbers 21:33 (JE); compare 
Deuteronomy 1:2, 
19; 
Deuteronomy 3:1; 
Joshua 2:7 (JE) 
Joshua 12:3; 
1 Samuel 6:9, 
12; 
1 Samuel 13:17, 
18 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 17:52; 
2 Kings 3:20; 
Isaiah 15:5; 
Jeremiah 2:18 (twice in verse); 
Jeremiah 50:5; 
Ezekiel 47:15; 
Ezekiel 48:1; 
הַמִּדְבָּר ד׳ (of different ways) 
Exodus 13:18 (E) 
Joshua 8:15 (JE) 
Judges 20:42, compare 
Deuteronomy 2:8; 
2 Samuel 2:24; 
2 Kings 3:8; 
ד׳ אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read 
הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ד׳ בַּטִּדְבָּר 
 Dr compare We 
the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; 
הָעֲרָבָה ד׳ Deuteronomy 2:8 and (with different reference) 
2 Samuel 4:7; 
2 Kings 25:4 = 
Jeremiah 52:7; 
Jeremiah 39:4; 
הַכִּכָּר ד׳ 2 Samuel 18:23; 
יַםסֿוּף ד׳ Numbers 14:25; 
Numbers 21:4 (JE) 
Deuteronomy 1:40; 
Deuteronomy 2:1; often of gateway, as 
הַשַּׁעַר ד׳ 2 Samuel 15:2 compare 
2 Kings 11:19; 
2 Kings 25:4 = 
Jeremiah 52:7; 
Ezekiel 9:2; 
Ezekiel 43:4; 
Ezekiel 44:1, 
4; 
Ezekiel 46:9 (
5 times in verse); 
Ezekiel 47:2; 
ד׳ אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 44:3; 
Ezekiel 46:2, 
8; 
בֵּית הַגָּן ד׳ 2 Kings 9:27, 
גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ד׳ Jeremiah 39:4; 
הַיָּם ד׳ Isaiah 8:23 (compare Commentaries & Schumacher
Jaulan 63 and PEF Apr. 1889, 78); 
מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ד׳ 2 Kings 11:16; followed by 
ָ  ה locative 
Genesis 35:19 (E), 
Genesis 38:14 (J) 
Genesis 48:7 (P; read 
אפרתה Ol); 
הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ד׳ † 
Numbers 20:17; 
Numbers 21:22 (both J E; Arabic 
درب السلطان of different highroads, compare Seetzen
i. 61, 132, ii. 336 Rob
BR iii. 141 Di; = 
מְסִלָּה Numbers 20:19) i.e. the 
highway, used by king with his army; compare || 
בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ Deuteronomy 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves † 
בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:20 (|| 
וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); 
וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nahum 1:3; compare 
פַּנּוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר י׳ ד׳ Isaiah 40:3 (|| 
יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also 
Malachi 3:1, compare 
Isaiah 43:16, 
19 (way made by 
י׳) & 
Isaiah 51:10; path of lighting 
Job 28:26; 
Job 38:25; of light 
Job 38:19, 
24, of camel (
בִּכְרָה) 
Jeremiah 2:23, of locusts 
Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things 
Proverbs 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 
Proverbs 30:20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death 
אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 
1 Kings 2:2 (compare 
Genesis 19:31 4a).
 
    2. journey Genesis 24:21, 
40, 
42, 
56 (all J) 
Numbers 9:10, 
13 (P) 
Joshua 9:11, 
13 (both J E) 
1 Kings 18:27; 
1 Kings 19:7 רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ׳; 
לַעֲשׂוֺת ד׳ Judges 17:8; 
בְּאֵר ד׳ שָׁ֑בַע Amos 8:14 (
journey of — to — 
Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious, 
 ὁ θεός
 ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; Hoffm
ZAW 1883, 123 proposes 
דֹּדְךָ, We 
בְּאֵרְךָ compare Bu
ThLz 1892, 62); 
דֶּרֶךְ חֹל 1 Samuel 21:6 a common (not sacred) 
journery; especially with temporary modification 
שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ד׳ Genesis 30:36 (J) 
Exodus 3:18; 
Exodus 5:3; 
Exodus 8:23; 
Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E), 
Numbers 33:8 (P) compare also 
Genesis 31:23 (E) 
Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 
1 Kings 19:4; 
2 Kings 3:9; 
go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ † 
Genesis 19:2 (J), 
Genesis 32:2 [Genesis 32:1 (E), Genesis 33:16 (J), Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16 (both J E), Judges 18:26; Judges 19:27; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 30:2; 1 Kings 1:49; Jeremiah 28:11, see הלך; also הָפַךְ לְד׳ † 1 Samuel 25:12, & (figurative) לִד׳ פָּנָה † Isaiah 53:6 (so Isaiah 56:11 5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jeremiah 3:13.
 
    †4., way, manner:
    b. = customary experience, or condition 
נָשִׁים ד׳ Genesis 31:35 (E).
 
    6.
    †a. of moral action and character 
הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 6:12 (P); compare 
Jeremiah 3:21; 
יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם 1 Kings 2:4; 
1 Kings 8:25 2 Chronicles 6:16; compare 
2 Chronicles 6:39 2 Chronicles 6:30; 
הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 Chronicles 27:6; 
Psalm 5:9; 
Psalm 39:2; 
Psalm 49:14; 
Psalm 50:23; 
Psalm 119:5; 
Psalm 119:26; 
Psalm 119:59; 
Psalm 119:168; 
Proverbs 4:26; 
Proverbs 5:8, 
21; 
Proverbs 10:9; 
Proverbs 14:2, 
8, 
12; 
Proverbs 16:2, 
7, 
9, 
17, 
25; 
Proverbs 19:3, 
16; 
Proverbs 21:2, 
29; 
Jeremiah 2:33; 
Jeremiah 6:27; 
Jeremiah 7:3, 
5; 
Jeremiah 16:17; 
Jeremiah 17:10; 
Jeremiah 18:11, 
15; 
Jeremiah 26:13; 
Jeremiah 32:19 (twice in verse); 
Lamentations 3:40; 
Ezekiel 7:3; 
Ezekiel 7:8; 
Ezekiel 7:9; 
Ezekiel 7:27; 
Ezekiel 14:22; 
Ezekiel 14:23; 
Ezekiel 18:25; 
Ezekiel 18:29; 
Ezekiel 18:30; 
Ezekiel 24:14; 
Ezekiel 28:15; 
Ezekiel 33:17; 
Ezekiel 33:20; 
Ezekiel 36:19; 
Haggai 1:5; 
Haggai 1:7; 
Zechariah 1:6; 
דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9 compare 
Isaiah 57:17 (& 
Jeremiah 32:39 c. below).
 
    †d. oftener in bad sense 
דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judges 2:19, 
דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה 1 Kings 13:33, 
רַע ד׳ Proverbs 2:12; 
Proverbs 8:13; 
Proverbs 28:10; compare 
2 Kings 17:13; 
2 Chronicles 7:14; 
Jeremiah 18:11; 
Jeremiah 23:22; 
Jeremiah 25:5; 
Jeremiah 26:3; 
Jeremiah 35:15; 
Jeremiah 36:2, 
7; 
Ezekiel 3:18, 
19; 
Ezekiel 13:22; 
Ezekiel 20:44; 
Ezekiel 33:11; 
Jonah 3:8, 
10; 
Zechariah 1:4; 
לֹא טוֺב ד׳ Psalm 36:5; 
Proverbs 16:29; 
Isaiah 65:2; 
דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה Ezekiel 16:27; compare with completed metaphor 
לֹא סְלוּלָה ד׳ Jeremiah 18:15; further 
שֶׁקֶר ד׳ Psalm 119:29, 
עֹצֶב ד׳ Psalm 139:24, 
פִּשְׁעָם ד׳ Psalm 107:17; 
דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Proverbs 2:13; 
דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Proverbs 14:12 = 
Proverbs 16:25; 
דרך המות Jeremiah 21:8, compare above 
c; 
עָצֵל ד׳ Proverbs 15:19 (compare 
Proverbs 6:6); 
חַטָּאִים ד׳ Psalm 1:1 compare 
Psalm 1:6; 
Proverbs 1:15; 
Proverbs 3:31; 
Proverbs 4:19 (
רְשָׁעִים ד׳), 
Proverbs 12:15 (
אֱוִיל ד׳), 
Proverbs 13:15 (
בֹּגְדִים ד׳), also 
Proverbs 15:9; 
Proverbs 21:8; 
Isaiah 55:7; 
עִקֵּשׁ ד׳ Proverbs 22:5, compare 
עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6 compare 
Proverbs 28:18; further, without modifier, 
Hosea 4:9; 
Hosea 12:3; 
Proverbs 7:25; 
Proverbs 14:14; 
Isaiah 53:6; 
Isaiah 66:3; 
Jeremiah 2:23 (of idolatry 
רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא) 
Jeremiah 2:33; 
Jeremiah 4:11 (compare Hi Gf) 
Jeremiah 4:18; 
Jeremiah 15:7; 
Jeremiah 22:1; 
Ezekiel 16:47 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 16:61; 
Ezekiel 18:23; 
Ezekiel 20:43; 
Ezekiel 23:13, 
31; 
Ezekiel 33:8, 
9 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 33:11; 
Ezekiel 36:17 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 36:31.
Ezekiel 36:32 compare also below 
a. above; 
לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ 1 Kings 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 
2 Chronicles 6:23, compare 
Ezekiel 7:4; 
Ezekiel 9:10; 
Ezekiel 11:21; 
Ezekiel 16:43; 
Ezekiel 22:31; 
דַּרְכָּם פְּרִי Proverbs 1:31; especially construct before names of bad kings 
יָרָבְעָם ד׳ 1 Kings 15:34 (compare 
1 Kings 15:26) 
1 Kings 16:2, 
19, 
26; 
1 Kings 22:53 compare 
1 Kings 22:53; 
1 Kings 22:53; also 
מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ד׳ 2 Kings 8:18; 
2 Kings 16:3; 
2 Chronicles 21:6, 
13; 
28:2 (plural); 
דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kings 8:27 2 Chronicles 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); 
הָעָם הַזֶּה ד׳ Isaiah 8:11, 
הַגּוֺיִם ד׳ Jeremiah 10:2, 
ד׳ אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 20:30 compare 
2 Kings 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 (hyperbole); compare of wisdom 
רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 8:22;
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