sf. אָרְחִי Jb 19:8 ψ 139:3 < Inf. cstr .; pl. abs. אֳרָחֹות Ju 5:6 (×2); cstr. אָרְחֹות Jb 8:13 +; sf. אָרְחֹתָי Jb 13:2 7; 33:11 ; אָרְחֹותָם Jo 2:7 אֹ׳ Pr 9:15 ; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Pr 2:1 5; also אֹרְחֹתָיו Is 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ψ 119:15 + etc.;— way, path (in Heb. mostly poet.) 1. lit. Ju 5:6 (×2) song of Deb. (alone = highways , opp. א׳ עֲקַלְקַלֹּות crooked ( by -) paths; cf. also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבֹות ib .); Is 33:8 עֹבֵר א׳ = wayfarer ( || מְסִלֹּות ), v. also Gn 49:17 (blessing of Jacob) ( || דֶּרֶךְ ) & הַמְיַשְּׁרִים אֹרְחֹותָם those who make straight their ways ( || עֹבְרֵי דָרֶךְ ) Pr 9:15 , בֹּוא א׳ go (tread) a path Is 41:3 ; of course of locusts Jo 2:7 לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן א׳ they confuse not their paths ( || דְּרָכָיו ); א׳ יַמִּים paths of the seas ψ 8:9 ; רוּץ אֹרַח run along a path , fig. of sun ψ 19:6 . 2. fig. path, way , of course & fortunes of life Jb 8:13 ; 13:27 = 33:1 1; 19:8 ( || נְתִיבֹות ) ψ 139:3 ( || רִבְעִי ( Inf. cstr. of II. רבע ), not דרכי , cf. Ba e) 142:4 ( || נְתִיבָה Pr 3:6 ( || דֶּרֶךְ ) 4:18 ; 15:19 (both || id. ) Is 26:7 ( || מַעְגָּל ) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Is 3:1 2; plain or even path א׳ מִישֹׁור ψ 27:11 ; in two cases with a special ref. (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Gn 18:11 ( J ) of menstruation; (2) אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ a path ( which ) I shall not return, I am going Jb 16:22 i.e. to Sh e˒ôl , cf. Assyrian name of lower world irṣit lâ târat , land without return , v. Jr 1 0, 65 . 3. fig. way , of mode of living, or of character Jb 34:11 ( || פֹּעַל ) ψ 119:9 . Specif.: a. ways of י׳ , his mode of action ψ 25:10 ; b. of man’s righteousness, called ways of י׳ ψ 25:4 ( || דְּרָכִים ) 44:19 ; 119:15 ( || פִּקּוּדִים ) Is 2:3 = Mi 4:2 ( || דְּרָכִים ) cf. א׳ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Is 26: 8; also way of justice, uprightness , etc. א׳ מִשְׁפָּט Pr 2:8 ( || דֶּרֶךְ ) 17:23 Is 40:14 ( || דֶּרֶךְ ), א׳ ישֶׁר Pr 2:13 ( || id. ), א׳ צְדָקָה 8:20 ( || נְתִיבֹות ), 12:28 ( || דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה ); so אֹרַח alone Is 30:11 ( || דֶּרֶךְ ) Pr 15:10 ; note especially אֹרַח חַיִּים , path of life , in righteousness & enjoyment of God ψ 16:11 Pr 2:1 9; 5:6 ; 15:24 ( opp. שְׁאֹול ), also א׳ לְחַיִּים 10:17 (on these cf. Str Pr 14:3 2); c. of wickedness, א׳ פָּרִיץ way, path of the violent ψ 17:4 , cf. also Pr 22:25 ; א׳ רְשָׁעִים Pr 4:14 ( ||
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