Lexical Definition

‎נָתִיב‎ nâthîyb (naw-theeb') path ^H:N-M
or (feminine) נְתִיבָה nᵉthîybâh (neth-ee-baw'); or נְתִבָה nᵉthibâh (neth-ee-baw'); (Jeremiah 6:16), from an unused root meaning to tramp

path(-way), [idiom] travel(-ler), way.

• a (beaten) track

1) trodden with the feet, path, pathway
2) path, pathway, traveller

See Greek: ὁδός · τρίβος

Extended Information

• Also means: na.tiv (‎נ‎ָ‎ת‎ִ‎יב‎ "path" נָתִיב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָתִיב‎ noun masculine^{Job 28:7} path, pathway (as raised); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Job 18:10 + 3 t.; construct ‎נְתִיב‎ Ps 119:35 suffix 3 feminine singular ‎נְתִיבָהֿ‎ Prov 12:28 (si vera lectio, see below; on omission of Mappik see Ges^{«GKC:91e»§ 91e}, see below); — path Job 18:10 (figurative) Job 28:7; Job 41:24* (track); Ps 78:50 (figurative); ‎נְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ps 119:35 the path of thy commands; ‎דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה אַלמָֿוֶת‎ Prov 12:28 the journey of her pathway is no-death! || ‎בְּאֹרַח צְדָקָה חַיִּים‎ Ew Be De. see ‎אַל‎ a above; others read ‎אֶלֿ‎, and either translate ‎׳‎‎נ‎ by-paths (Hi Str), or substitute a synonym of 'wickedness' (compare Now Frankenb; Perles^{Analekten 87 f.} ‎נִתְעָבִים‎ after Levy^{ChWB i. 28 b}).

‎נְתִיבָה‎ noun feminine id.; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 43:16, suffix ‎נְתִּיבָתִי‎ Job 30:13 + 2 t. ‎נְתִיבָתָם‎ Prov 1:15 plural absolute ‎נְתִיכוֺת‎ Prov 8:2 +; construct id. Job 38:20 +; suffix ‎נְתִיבֹתַי‎ Job 19:8; Lam 3:9, ‎נְתִיבֹתָיו‎ Job 24:13, etc.; — path:

1. lit ‎הֹלְכֵי‎ ‎נְתִיבוֺת‎ Judg 5:6 goers on paths, i.e. travellers, Prov 8:2; Isa 58:12 (Oort Lag Klo ‎נְתִיצוֺת‎ but against this Du); path through sea Isa 43:16 (in figurative); of path to house of (personified) light and darkness Job 38:20.

2. often || ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎
a. = course of life Job 19:8; Job 30:13; Lam 3:9; Ps 119:105; Ps 142:4*, of Israel Hos 2:8* of path of God's appointment Isa 42:16.
b. of moral action, and character: paths of wisdom Prov 3:17, justice Prov 8:20 (|| ‎אֹרַח צְדָקָה‎); light Job 24:13 ‎עוֺלָם‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Jer 6:16 (|| ‎דֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֺב‎); path of wicked Prov 1:15; Isa 59:8 (crooked), path of adulteress Prov 7:25 ‎נְתִיבוֺת‎ Jer 18:15 is rendered 'by-paths,' by Gf Rothst and others; < Gie makes construct before following ‎נְתִיבָהּ֯ סְלוּלָה דֶּרֶךְ לֹא‎ Prov 12:28 see ‎נָתִיב‎.

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