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Strong's #1870 - דֶּרֶךְ
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- way, road, distance, journey, manner
- road, way, path
- journey
- direction
- manner, habit, way
- of course of life (figuratively)
- of moral character (figuratively)
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2112) krd (דרכ DRK) AC: Tread CO: Road AB: ?: [from: hr- as a path] (eng: direct; track - with the exchange of the t and d; truck - with the exchange of the t and d)
V) krd (דרכ DRK) - Tread: To take a step. A journey as a treading. The stringing of a bow is a treading as the foot is stepped over the bow and using the leg to bend it. KJV (62): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Participle) tread, bend, lead, archer, come, go, treader, walk, draw, guide, shoot, thresh - Strongs: H1869 (דָּרַךְ)
Nm) krd (דרכ DRK) - Road: A road that is walked as well as the path of life. KJV (705): way, toward, journey, manner - Strongs: H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ)
hm) krdm (מדרכ MDRK) - Step: The distance between the feet of a step. KJV (1): breadth - Strongs: H4096 (מִדְרָךְ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 (3t. 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) אֶרֶץ מְּלִשְׁתִּים׳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; ׳דאֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר׳ד בַּטִּדְבָּרᵐ5 L 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 (5t. in verse); Ezekiel 47:2; ׳דאוּלָם 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 63and 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 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 2:27i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:20 ("" וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nahum 1:3; compare בַּמִּדְבָּר מַּנּוּ׳י ׳ד Isaiah 40:8 ("" 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 4 a).
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, ᵐ5 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 (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) ׳מָּנָה לְד Isaiah 53:6 (so Isaiah 56:11
5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jeremiah 3:13.
3 of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1 Kings 8:44,48 2 Chronicles 6:34,38 pray toward the city, etc.; 2 Chronicles 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. צָפוֺנָה׳ד Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 40:6; construct הַקָּדִים׳ד Ezekiel 40:10 (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co) Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 43:1; הַצָּפוֺן׳ד Ezekiel 43:20 compare הַדָּרוֺם׳ד Ezekiel 43:24; Ezekiel 43:24, הַיָּם׳ד Ezekiel 41:12, הֶחָצֵר׳ד Ezekiel 42:7 etc. (c. 28t. Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 9:2; compare Ezekiel 43:2; Ezekiel 44:3; on אַמָּה אֶחָת׳ד Ezekiel 42:4 see VB Co Da) compare לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים Job 24:18.
4 way, manner:
a. usage כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ׳ד Genesis 19:31 (J; compare also Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2 above)
b. = customary experience, or condition נָשִׁים׳ד Genesis 31:35 (E).
c. מִצְרַיִם׳ד Amos 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isaiah 10:24,26.
d. habit of animals, ants Proverbs 6:6 (plural)
5 figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:29 compare Joshua 1:8 (D) 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:33 = Psalm 18:33; Job 3:23; Job 8:19; Job 17:9; Job 22:28; Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 35:6; Psalm 37:5; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 91:11; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 139:3; Psalm 146:9; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 3:6,23; Proverbs 11:5; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 29:27; Proverbs 31:3; Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 55:8,9; Jeremiah 2:36; Jeremiah 10:23; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 23:12; Lamentations 3:9,11; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 9:8; Hosea 10:13; Amos 2:7 (עְנָוִים׳ד); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו 2 Chronicles 13:22; of Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו 2 Chronicles 27:7; of Ahaz וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים 2 Chronicles 28:26; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ׳ד Isaiah 3:12 compare also Isaiah 30:11; and Isaiah 57:18; = gain Isaiah 56:11, pleasure, etc. Isaiah 58:13.
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)
b. of duty (commanded by ׳י, etc.) יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ׳הַדּ Exodus 18:20 (E) compare Exodus 32:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 9:12,16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 31:29; Judges 2:17; Job 31:7; Psalm 25:8; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 143:8; Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:19; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 7:23; Malachi 2:8; so too, of wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָדַרְכֵינֹֿעַם Proverbs 3:17, חָכְמָה׳ד Proverbs 4:11; Proverbs 8:32; compare Proverbs 23:26; בִּינָה׳ד Proverbs 9:6 compare Isaiah 40:14.
c. specifically: in good sense הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה׳ד 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27; compare Proverbs 16:31; Jeremiah 6:16; תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ Job 4:6; compare Job 22:8; Proverbs 13:6; דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 ("" נְתִיבֹתָיו); צַדִּיקִים׳ד Psalm 1:6, טוֺבִים׳ד Proverbs 2:20, יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ Psalm 37:14, תְּמִימֵידָ֑רֶךְ Proverbs 11:20; Psalm 119:1; תָּמִים׳ד Psalm 101:2; Psalm 101:6, אֱמוּנָה׳ד Psalm 119:30, שָׁלוֺם׳דּ Isaiah 59:8; עוֺלָּם׳ד Psalm 139:24, חַיִּים׳ד Proverbs 6:23, compare Proverbs 12:28; Jeremiah 21:8 (opposed to המות׳ד see below); without modifier 1 Samuel 8:3,5; Job 13:15; Job 23:10, ׳לֵב אֶחָד וְדאֶחָד Jeremiah 32:39; compare also a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 22:2; 2 Chronicles 11:17; 20:32; 21:12 (twice in verse) (plural) Song of Solomon 2Chronicles 34:2; compare דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים 2 Chronicles 17:3 the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי Jeremiah 12:16.
d. oftener in bad senseדַּרְכָּם 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, מִּשְׁעָם׳ד Psalm 107:17; דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Proverbs 2:13; דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Proverbs 14:12 = Proverbs 16:25; דרךהמות 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; מְּרִי דַּרְכָּם 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, ׳דאֲבוֺתֵיכֶם 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 (hyperb.); compare of wisdom רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 8:22; ( b) = his moral administration, Exodus 33:13 (plural; J E); Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Job 21:31; Job 36:23; אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:14 ("" מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים); Psalm 85:14; Psalm 103:7; Psalm 138:5; Psalm 145:17; Proverbs 10:29; Isaiah 55:8,9; Jeremiah 5:4,5; Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:17,20; Hosea 14:10. ( c) = his commandments לַעֲשׂוֺת צְדָקָה׳י ׳וְשָֽׁמְרוּ דוּמִשְׁמָּ֑ט Genesis 18:19 (J); ׳כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י Deuteronomy 5:30 compare (plural) Deuteronomy 8:6; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:22,28; Deuteronomy 19:9; Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:9; Deuteronomy 30:16; Joshua 22:5 (D) Judges 2:22; 2 Samuel 22:22 = Psalm 18:22,1Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:58; 1 Kings 11:33,38; 2 Kings 21:22; 2 Chronicles 6:31; Job 21:14; Job 23:11; Job 34:27; Psalm 25:4; Psalm 25:9; Psalm 27:11; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 67:3; Psalm 81:14; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 95:10; Psalm 119:3; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 42:24; Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 63:17; Isaiah 64:4; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 2:9; compare ׳וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י 2 Chronicles 17:6; see also עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ׳ד Psalm 119:14; מִּקּוּדֶיךָ׳ד Psalm 119:27, מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ׳ד Psalm 119:32, חֻקֶּיךָ׳ד Psalm 119:33.
דֶּרֶךְ comm. (m. 1 Samuel 21:6 f. Ezra 8:21), with suffix דַּרְכִּי pl. דְּרָכִים const. דַּרְכֵי.
(1) prop. the action of going, walking, a going, hence a journey which any one takes, Gang, denjemand macht, als Handlung. עָשָׂה דֶרֶךְ ποιεῖσθαι ὁδὸν, Judges 17:8 הָלַךְ דֶּרֶךְ Proverbs 7:19, to go a journey. 1 Kings 18:27, דֶּרֶךְ לוֹ he is on a journey, or at least, he is from home, er hat einen Gang, ift ausgegangen. דֶּרֶךְ יוֹם one day’s journey (on which see Rosenm. Alterthumsk. i p. 161), 1 Kings 19:4, דֶּרֶךְ שִׁלשֶׁת יָמִים three days’ journey, Genesis 30:36, comp. Genesis 31:23; Exodus 5:3.
(2) a way, path, in which one goes, Gang = Weg, very frequently.
(a) followed by a genitive of place it means the way which leads to that place (comp. on the Attic use, Valck. ad Hippolyt. 1197), thus עֵץ דֶּרֶךְ the way to the tree, Genesis 3:24 דַּרְכֵי שְׁאֹל Proverbs 7:27, comp. Genesis 16:7, 35:19 38:14 Exodus 13:17, rarely, with any word put between, as Hosea 6:9, דֶּרֶךְ יְרַצּחוּ שֶׁכְמָה “they murder in the way to Shechem.” In the acc. it commonly has the force of a prep., in the way to, towards, Germ. gen (from gegen = nach der Gegend von). דֶּרֶח הַדָּרוֹם towards the south, דֶּרֶךְ צָפוֹנָה towards the north, Ezekiel 8:5, 21:2 40:20 seq.; 41:11, 12 Ezekiel 41:12. Deuteronomy 1:19, “we passed through the desert דֶּרֶךְ הַר הָאֱמֹרִי towards the mountain of the Amorites.”
(b) followed by a genit. of person, the way of any one is the way in which any one is accustomed to go. דֶּרֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ the royal way, i.e. the public, military way, Numbers 20:17, 21:22 ἡ ὁδὸς βασιληΐα, Herod. v. 53. הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ to go on one’s way, to go home [or on one’s journey] by the Usual road, Genesis 19:2, 32:2 Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16. דֶּרֶךְ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ the way of all men, i.e. to Hades, 1 Kings 2:2; Joshua 23:14.-Sometimes it means the whole district in which the way is. Isa. 8:23, דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּם “the maritime district,” on the shore of the sea of Galilee.
(3) way, i.q. mode, course, in which one goes, or which one follows (like the Gr. ὁδὸς, Arab. طَرِيقُ, سبِيلُ Eth. ፉና፡ ፉኖት፡ ግዕዝ፡ Germ. einen Gang nehmen). Genesis 19:31, כְּדֶרֶךְ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ “after the manner of all the earth.” Specially
(a) a way of living or acting (Wandel). Proverbs 12:15, דֶּרֶךְ אֱוִיל יָשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו “a fool’s way is right in his own eyes:” Proverbs 1:31, פְּרִי דַרְכָּם the advantages or disadvantages springing from a course of life. 1 Samuel 18:14, “and David acted prudently לְכָל־דְּרָכָיו.” Often with the figure of a way retained (comp. הָלַךְ No. 2, הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ, בְּדַרְכֵי פ׳ to follow, to imitate any one’s course of life, 1 Kings 16:26, 22:43 2 Kings 22:2; 2 Chronicles 17:3, 21:12 22:3 Isaiah 8:11. דַּרְכֵי יְהֹוָה, דֶּרֶךְ used of men, a course of acting approved by God, Psalms 5:9, 27:11 25:4 used of God, his course of acting, Psalms 18:31; Deuteronomy 32:4 specially with regard to the creation (das Wirken Gottes). Proverbs 8:22, יְהֹוָה קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ “Jehovah created me from the beginning of the creation,” zu Anfang feines Wirkens. [This passage cannot refer to creation, for it is said “before his works of old;” see also קָנָה; Christ, “the wisdom of God.” is spoken of; “Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his ways.”] Pl. works of God, Job 26:14, 40:19.
(b) the mode of worshipping God, religion (comp. مَنْهَجُ, سَبِيلُ اُاللَّهِ, Pers. راه; ὁδὸς, Acts 19:9, 23 ). Amos 8:14, דֶּרֶךְ בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע “the way of Beersheba,” i.e. the worship of idols there. Psalms 139:24, דֶּרֶךְ עֹצֶב “worship of idols,” and דֶּרֶךְ עוֹלָם [the old way] “the fathers’ worship,” i.e. the true and genuine worship; compare שְׁבִילֵיִ עוֹלָם Jeremiah 18:15. Sometimes
(c) it is passively lot, that which one experiences, wie es iemandem geht. בְּדֶרֶךְ מִצְרַיִם according to what the Egyptians have experienced, Isaiah 10:24. Psalms 37:5, גּוֹל עַל יְיָ דַּרְכֶּךָ “commit thy way unto the Lord;” and with the figure of a way retained, Job 3:23; Amos 2:7.