Lexical Definition
הֲלִיכָה hălîykâh (hal-ee-kaw') walk H:N-F
feminine of הָלִיךְ
company, going, walk, way.
- a walking
- by implication, a procession or march, a caravan
1) going, doing, travelling company, way
1a) going, walk, marching, doings
1b) travelling company, caravan
See Greek: πορεία
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[הֲלִיכָה] noun feminine a going, way, travelling-company, suffix הֲלִיכָתָם Nah 2:6* Qr (הלוכתם Kt); elsewhere only plural, construct הֲלִיכוֺת Ps 68:25*, so Prov 31:27 Qr (הילכות Kt), הֲלִכוֺת Hab 3:6, הֲלִיכֹת Job 6:19 suffix הֲלִיכוֺתֶיךָ Ps 68:25* —
1. going, walk,
a. Nah 2:6* they shall stumble in their going; elsewhere plural goings:
b. Ps 68:25* (twice in verse) of going, marching, progress of God into the sanctuary (בַּקֹּדֶשׁ; so Hup Pe Che; Ew Hi De in holiness reference either to solemn processions of worshippers (e.g. De) or, perhaps better, to the theophanic progress of God himself (e.g. Che); also
c. of goings = doings צוֺפִיָּה בֵּיתָהּ ׳ה Prov 31:27 watching the doings of her household; of God Hab 3:6 הֲלִכוֺת עוֺלָם לוֺ ways of eternity (al of old) are his.
2. travelling-company, caravan הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא Job 6:19 (|| אָרְהוֺת תֵּמָא).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Job | 6:19 |
| Psalms | 68:25* |
| Proverbs | 31:27 |
| Nahum | 2:6* |
| Habakkuk | 3:6 |