Lexical Definition

‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ derek (deh'-rek) way: conduct ^H:N-M
from ‎דָּרַךְ‎

along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

• a road (as trodden)
• figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

1) way, road, distance, journey, manner
1a) road, way, path
1b) journey
1c) direction
1d) manner, habit, way
1e) of course of life (fig.)
1f) of moral character (fig.)

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Extended Information

meaning of: דֶּרֶךְ

• : journey

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דֶּ֫רֶךְ‎₇₁₅ noun masculine^{Deut 17:16} & (less often) feminine^{Exod 18:20} way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 38:16 +; ‎דָּ֑רֶךְ‎ vGen 38:21 +; construct ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎ Gen 3:24 suffix ‎דַּרְכִּי‎ Gen 24:42 + 4 t. + 2Sam 22:33 ‎דַּרְכִּ֯ו‎; ‎דַּרְכְּךָ‎ Hos 10:13; 1Kgs 19:15 ‎דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 5:9* + 9 t.; ‎דַּרְכֵךְ‎ Jer 2:23 + 8 t.; ‎דַּרְכּוֺ‎ Gen 6:12 +; ‎דַּרְכָּהּ‎ 1Sam 1:18; Job 28:23 ‎דַּרְכֵּנוּ‎ Judg 18:5 + 2 t.; ‎דַּרְכְּכֶם‎ Gen 19:2 + 3 t., ‎דַּרָכָּם‎ 1Kgs 2:4 +; dual ‎דְּרָכַיִם‎ Prov 28:6; Prov 28:18 plural ‎דְּרָכִים‎ Deut 28:7 + 6 t.; construct ‎דַּרְכֵי‎ Prov 3:17 + 24 t.; suffix ‎דְּרָכַי‎ Job 13:15 + 17 t., ‎דְּרָכָ֑י‎ Ps 95:10 + 4 t.; ‎דְּרָכֶיךָ‎ Deut 28:29 + 16 t.; ‎דְּרָכֶךָ‎ Exod 33:13 + 2 t.; ‎דְּרָכַיִךְ‎ Jer 3:18 + 4 t.; ‎דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ‎ Ezek 7:3 + 3 t.; ‎דְּרָכָיו‎ Deut 10:12 +; ‎דְּרָכֶיהָ‎ Prov 3:17 + 3 t.; ‎דְּרָכֵינוּ‎ Lam 3:40; Zech 1:6 ‎דַּרְכֵיכֶם‎ Lev 26:22 + 17 t.; ‎דַּרְכֵיהֶם‎ Jer 16:17 + 5 t.; ‎דַּרְכֵיהֶן‎ Ezek 16:47 —

1. way, road, path Gen 35:3 (E) Gen 38:16; Gen 38:21 (both J) Gen 48:7 (P), Gen 49:17 (J; poem) Lev 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus) Num 22:22; Num 22:23 (3 t. in verse); Num 22:31; Num 22:34 (all J E) Deut 6:7; Deut 22:4; Deut 22:6; Deut 23:5*; Deut 24:9; Deut 25:17; Deut 25:18; (D) Ruth 1:7; 1Sam 4:13 (on text compare Dr) 1Sam 15:2; 1Sam 24:4*; 2Sam 16:13; 1Kgs 13:9; 1Kgs 13:10 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:12; 1Kgs 13:17; 1Kgs 13:24 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 13:25; 1Kgs 13:26; 1Kgs 13:28; 1Kgs 18:6 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 20:38; 2Kgs 2:23; 2Kgs 3:8; 2Kgs 6:19; 2Kgs 19:33 = Isa 37:29; Isa 37:34; Hos 6:9; Hos 13:7; Isa 43:16; Isa 43:19; Isa 49:9; Isa 49:11; Isa 51:10; Isa 57:14 (twice in verse); Jer 6:25; Lam 1:5; Ezek 21:24*; Ezek 21:25*; Ezek 42:11; Ezek 42:12; Ps 107:40; Ps 110:7; Prov 7:8; Prov 8:2; Prov 26:13; Eccl 10:3; Eccl 12:5 construct way of (often = to, toward) ‎עֵץ הַחַיִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 3:24 (J) ‎שׁוּר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 16:7 (J) ‎אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Exod 13:17 (E) ‎הַבָּשָׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Num 21:33 (JE); compare Deut 1:2; Deut 1:19; Deut 3:1; Josh 2:7 (JE) Josh 12:3; 1Sam 6:9; 1Sam 6:12; 1Sam 13:17; 1Sam 13:18 (twice in verse); 1Sam 17:52; 2Kgs 3:20; Isa 15:5; Jer 2:18 (twice in verse); Jer 50:5; Ezek 47:15; Ezek 48:1 ‎הַמִּדְבָּר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ (of different ways) Exod 13:18 (E) Josh 8:15 (JE) Judg 20:42, compare Deut 2:8; 2Sam 2:24; 2Kgs 3:8 ‎׳‎‎ד‎ ‎אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר‎ 2Sam 15:23 is corrupt; read ‎הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ ‎בַּטִּדְבָּר‎ ᵐ5^L Dr compare We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; ‎הָעֲרָבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Deut 2:8 and (with different reference) 2Sam 4:7; 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 52:7; Jer 39:4 ‎הַכִּכָּר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 2Sam 18:23 ‎יַםסֿוּף‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Num 14:25; Num 21:4 (JE) Deut 1:40; Deut 2:1 often of gateway, as ‎הַשַּׁעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 2Sam 15:2 compare 2Kgs 11:19; 2Kgs 25:4 = Jer 52:7; Ezek 9:2; Ezek 43:4; Ezek 44:1; Ezek 44:4; Ezek 46:9 (5 t. in verse); Ezek 47:2 ‎׳‎‎ד‎ ‎אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר‎ Ezek 44:3; Ezek 46:2; Ezek 46:8 ‎בֵּית הַגָּן‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 2Kgs 9:27, ‎גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Jer 39:4 ‎הַיָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Isa 8:23* (compare Commentaries & Schumacher^{Jaulan 63 and} PEF^{Apr. 1889, 78}); ‎מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 2Kgs 11:16 followed by ‎ָ  ה‎ locative Gen 35:19 (E), Gen 38:14 (J) Gen 48:7 (P; read ‎אפרתה‎ Ol); ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Num 20:17; Num 21:22 (both J E; Arabic of different highroads, compare Seetzen^{i. 61, 132, ii. 336} Rob^{BR iii. 141} Di; = ‎מְסִלָּה‎ Num 20:19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare || ‎בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ‎ Deut 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves ‎בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 77:20* (|| ‎וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯‎ ‎בְּמַיִם רַבִּים‎); ‎וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ‎ Nah 1:3 compare ‎בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Isa 40:8 (|| ‎יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו‎); also Mal 3:1, compare Isa 43:16; Isa 43:19 (way made by ‎׳‎‎י‎) & Isa 51:10 path of lighting Job 28:26; Job 38:25 of light Job 38:19; Job 38:24, of camel (‎בִּכְרָה‎) Jer 2:23, of locusts Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Prov 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 vProv 30:20 ‎כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת‎; figure of death ‎אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Josh 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1Kgs 2:2 (compare Gen 19:31 4 a).

2. journey Gen 24:21; Gen 24:40; Gen 24:42; Gen 24:56 (all J) Num 9:10; Num 9:13 (P) Josh 9:11; Josh 9:13 (both J E) 1Kgs 18:27; 1Kgs 19:7 ‎׳‎‎רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ‎; ‎׳‎‎לַעֲשׂוֺת ד‎ Judg 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 1Sam 21:6* a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification ‎שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 30:36 (J) Exod 3:18; Exod 5:3; Exod 8:23*; Num 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E), Num 33:8 (P) compare also Gen 31:23 (E) Num 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1Kgs 19:4; 2Kgs 3:9 go one's way ‎הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ‎ Gen 19:2 (J), Gen 32:2* (E), Gen 33:16 (J), Num 24:25; Josh 2:16 (both J E), Judg 18:26; Judg 19:27; 1Sam 1:18; 1Sam 26:25; 1Sam 30:2; 1Kgs 1:49; Jer 28:11, see ‎הלך‎; also ‎׳‎‎הָפַךְ לְד‎ 1Sam 25:12, & (figurative) ‎׳‎‎פָּנָה לְד‎ Isa 53:6 (so Isa 56:11 5 below); of ‎זוֺנָה‎, figurative of Israel, ‎וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים‎ Jer 3:13.

3. of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1Kgs 8:44; 1Kgs 8:48 = 2Chr 6:34; 2Chr 6:38 pray toward the city, etc.; 2Chr 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. ‎צָפוֺנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ezek 8:5 (twice in verse); compare Ezek 21:2*; Ezek 40:6 construct ‎הַקָּדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ezek 40:10 (strike out ᵐ5 Hi Co) vEzek 40:22; Ezek 43:1 ‎הַצָּפוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ vEzek 43:20 compare ‎הַדָּרוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ vEzek 43:24 vEzek 43:24, ‎הַיָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ezek 41:12, ‎הֶחָצֵר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ezek 42:7 etc. (c. 28 t. Ezekiel); (see also ‎מִדֶּרֶךְ‎ Ezek 9:2 compare Ezek 43:2; Ezek 44:3 on ‎אַמָּה אֶחָת‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ezek 42:4 see VB Co Da) compare ‎לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים‎ Job 24:18.

4. way, manner:
a. usage ‎כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 19:31 (J; compare also Josh 23:14; 1Kgs 2:2 above)
b. = customary experience, or condition ‎נָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Gen 31:35 (E).
c. ‎מִצְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Amos 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isa 10:24; Isa 10:26.
d. habit of animals, ants Prov 6:6 (plural)

5. figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. ‎לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ‎ Deut 28:29 compare Josh 1:8 (D) 1Sam 18:14; 2Sam 22:33 = Ps 18:33*; Job 3:23; Job 8:19; Job 17:9; Job 22:28; Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Ps 10:5; Ps 35:6; Ps 37:5; Ps 37:7; Ps 37:23; Ps 91:11; Ps 102:24*; Ps 119:37; Ps 128:1; Ps 139:3; Ps 146:9; Prov 2:8; Prov 3:6; Prov 3:23; Prov 11:5; Prov 20:24; Prov 29:27; Prov 31:3; Isa 40:27; Isa 45:13; Isa 48:15; Isa 55:8; Isa 55:9; Jer 2:36; Jer 10:23; Jer 12:1; Jer 23:12; Lam 3:9; Lam 3:11; Hos 2:8*; Hos 9:8; Hos 10:13; (‎עְנָוִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah ‎וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו‎ 2Chr 13:22 of Jotham ‎וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו‎ 2Chr 27:7 of Ahaz ‎וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים‎ 2Chr 28:26 ‎אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Isa 3:12 compare also Isa 30:11 and Isa 57:18 = gain Isa 56:11, pleasure, etc. Isa 58:13.

6. a. of moral action and character ‎הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Gen 6:12 (P); compare Jer 3:21 ‎יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם‎ 1Kgs 2:4; 1Kgs 8:25 = 2Chr 6:16 compare v2Chr 6:39 = 2Chr 6:30 ‎׳‎‎הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י‎ 2Chr 27:6; Ps 5:9*; Ps 39:2*; Ps 49:14*; Ps 50:23; Ps 119:5; Ps 119:26; Ps 119:59; Ps 119:168; Prov 4:26; Prov 5:8; Prov 5:21; Prov 10:9; Prov 14:2; Prov 14:8; Prov 14:12; Prov 16:2; Prov 16:7; Prov 16:9; Prov 16:17; Prov 16:25; Prov 19:3; Prov 19:16; Prov 21:2; Prov 21:29; Jer 2:33; Jer 6:27; Jer 7:3; Jer 7:5; Jer 16:17; Jer 17:10; Jer 18:11; Jer 18:15; Jer 26:13; Jer 32:19 (twice in verse); Lam 3:40; Ezek 7:3; Ezek 7:8; Ezek 7:9; Ezek 7:27; Ezek 14:22; Ezek 14:23; Ezek 18:25; Ezek 18:29; Ezek 18:30; Ezek 24:14; Ezek 28:15; Ezek 33:17; Ezek 33:20; Ezek 36:19; Hag 1:5; Hag 1:7; Zech 1:6 ‎דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ‎ Eccl 11:9 compare Isa 57:17 (& Jer 32:39
c. below)
b. of duty (commanded by ‎׳‎‎י‎, etc.) ‎יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַדּ‎ Exod 18:20 (E) compare Exod 32:8 (JE) Deut 9:12; Deut 9:16; Deut 13:6*; Deut 31:29; Ps 25:8; Ps 25:12; Ps 32:8; Ps 119:1; Ps 143:8; Prov 21:16; Prov 22:6; Prov 23:19; Isa 30:21; Isa 48:17; Jer 7:23; Mal 2:8 so too, of wisdom ‎דְּרָכֶיהָ‎ ‎דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם‎ Prov 3:17, ‎חָכְמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 4:11; Prov 8:32 compare Prov 23:26 ‎בִּינָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 9:6 compare Isa 40:14.
c. specifically: in good sense ‎הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 1Sam 12:23; 1Kgs 8:36 = 2Chr 6:27 compare Prov 16:31; Jer 6:16 ‎תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ‎ Job 4:6 compare Job 22:8; Prov 13:6 ‎דְּרָכָיו‎ (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 (|| ‎נְתִיבֹתָיו‎); ‎צַדִּיקִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 1:6, ‎טוֺבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 2:20, ‎יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ‎ Ps 37:14, ‎תְּמִימֵי‎ ‎דָ֑רֶךְ‎ Prov 11:20; Ps 119:1 ‎תָּמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 101:2; Ps 101:6, ‎אֱמוּנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 119:30, ‎שָׁלוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎דּ‎ Isa 59:8 ‎עוֺלָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 139:24, ‎חַיִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 6:23, compare Prov 12:28; Jer 21:8 (opposed to ‎המות‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ see below); without modifier 1Sam 8:3; 1Sam 8:5; Job 13:15; Job 23:10, ‎׳‎‎לֵב אֶחָד וְד‎ ‎אֶחָד‎ Jer 32:39 compare also
a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1Kgs 22:43; 2Kgs 22:2; 2Chr 11:17; 2Chr 20:32; 2Chr 21:12 (twice in verse) (plural) so 2Chr 34:2 compare ‎דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים‎ 2Chr 17:3 the first ways of David; also ‎דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי‎ Jer 12:16.
d. oftener in bad sense ‎דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה‎ Judg 2:19, ‎דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה‎ 1Kgs 13:33, ‎רַע‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 2:12; Prov 8:13; Prov 28:10 compare 2Kgs 17:13; 2Chr 7:14; Jer 18:11; Jer 23:22; Jer 25:5; Jer 26:3; Jer 35:15; Jer 36:2; Jer 36:7; Ezek 3:18; Ezek 3:19; Ezek 13:22; Ezek 20:44; Ezek 33:11; Jonah 3:8; Jonah 3:10; Zech 1:4 ‎לֹא טוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 36:5*; Prov 16:29; Isa 65:2 ‎דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה‎ Ezek 16:27 compare with completed metaphor ‎לֹא סְלוּלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Jer 18:15 further ‎שֶׁקֶר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 119:29, ‎עֹצֶב‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 139:24, ‎פִּשְׁעָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 107:17 ‎דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ‎ Prov 2:13 ‎דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת‎ Prov 14:12 = Prov 16:25 ‎דרך‎ ‎המות‎ Jer 21:8, compare above c; ‎עָצֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 15:19 (compare Prov 6:6); ‎חַטָּאִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 1:1 compare vPs 1:6; Prov 1:15; Prov 3:31; Prov 4:19 (‎רְשָׁעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎), Prov 12:15 (‎אֱוִיל‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎), Prov 13:15 (‎בֹּגְדִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎), also Prov 15:9; Prov 21:8; Isa 55:7 ‎עִקֵּשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Prov 22:5, compare ‎עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם‎ Prov 28:6 compare vProv 28:18 further, without modifier, Hos 4:9; Hos 12:3*; Prov 7:25; Prov 14:14; Isa 53:6; Isa 66:3; Jer 2:23 (of idolatry ‎רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא‎) vJer 2:33; Jer 4:11 (compare Hi Gf) vJer 4:18; Jer 15:7; Jer 22:1; Ezek 16:47 (twice in verse); Ezek 16:61; Ezek 18:23; Ezek 20:43; Ezek 23:13; Ezek 23:31; Ezek 33:8; Ezek 33:9 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:11; Ezek 36:17 (twice in verse); Ezek 36:31.Ezek 36:32 compare also below
a. above; ‎לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ‎ 1Kgs 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2Chr 6:23, compare Ezek 7:4; Ezek 9:10; Ezek 11:21; Ezek 16:43; Ezek 22:31 ‎פְּרִי דַּרְכָּם‎ Prov 1:31 especially construct before names of bad kings ‎יָרָבְעָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 1Kgs 15:34 (compare v1Kgs 15:26) 1Kgs 16:2; 1Kgs 16:19; 1Kgs 16:26; 1Kgs 22:53* compare v1Kgs 22:53* v1Kgs 22:53* also ‎מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ 2Kgs 8:18; 2Kgs 16:3; 2Chr 21:6; 2Chr 21:13; 2Chr 28:2 (plural); ‎דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב‎ 2Kgs 8:27 = 2Chr 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); ‎הָעָם הַזֶּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Isa 8:11, ‎הַגּוֺיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Jer 10:2, ‎׳‎‎ד‎ ‎אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם‎ Ezek 20:30 compare 2Kgs 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 Prov 8:22
(b) = his moral administration, Exod 33:13 (plural; J E); Deut 32:4; 2Sam 22:31 = Ps 18:31*; Job 21:31; Job 36:23 ‎אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ps 77:14* (|| ‎מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים‎); Ps 85:14*; Ps 103:7; Ps 138:5; Ps 145:17; Prov 10:29; Isa 55:8; Isa 55:9; Jer 5:4; Jer 5:5; Ezek 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezek 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:17; Ezek 33:20; Hos 14:10*.
(c) = his commandments ‎לַעֲשׂוֺת צְדָקָה‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד‎ ‎וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט‎ Gen 18:19 (J); ‎׳‎‎כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י‎ Deut 5:30 compare (plural) Deut 8:6; Deut 10:12; Deut 11:22; Deut 11:28; Deut 19:9; Deut 26:17; Deut 28:9; Deut 30:16; Josh 22:5 (D) Judg 2:22; 2Sam 22:22 = Ps 18:22*, 1Kgs 2:3; 1Kgs 3:14; 1Kgs 8:58; 1Kgs 11:33; 1Kgs 11:38; 2Kgs 21:22; 2Chr 6:31; Job 21:14; Job 23:11; Job 34:27; Ps 25:4; Ps 25:9; Ps 27:11; Ps 37:34; Ps 51:15*; Ps 67:3*; Ps 81:14*; Ps 86:11; Ps 95:10; Ps 119:3; Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2; Isa 42:24; Isa 58:2; Isa 63:17; Isa 64:4*; Zech 3:7; Mal 2:9 compare ‎׳‎‎וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י‎ 2Chr 17:6 see also ‎עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Ps 119:14 ‎פִּקּוּדֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ vPs 119:27, ‎מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ vPs 119:32, ‎חֻקֶּיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ vPs 119:33.

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