ד׳ הָעָם הַזֶּת
Is 8:1
1,
ד׳ הַגֹּויִם
Je 10:
2,
אֲבֹותֵיכֶם ד׳
Ez 20:30
cf.
2 K 21:21
.
•
e.
way of
י׳
: (
a
)
=
his creatie activity
Jb 26:14
; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus)
הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל
Jb 40:19
(hperb.);
cf.
of wisdom
רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֹּו
Pr 8:2
2; (
b
)
=
his moral administration,
Ex 33:13
(
pl.
; JE);
Dt 32:4 2 S 22:31
=
ψ 18:31
Jb 21:3
1;
36:23
;
אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ˜ךָ
ψ 77:14
(
||
מִי אֵל גָּדֹול כֵּאלֹהִים
);
ψ 85:14
;
103:7
;
138:5
;
145:17
;
Pr 10:29 Is 55:
8,
9 Je 5:
4,
5 Ez 18:25
(×2),
29
(×2);
33:17
,
20 Ho 14:1
0. (
c.
) = his commandments
וּמִשְׁפָּ˜ט וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד׳ י׳ לַעֲשֹׂות צְדָקָה
Gn 18:19
(
J
);
כָּל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י׳
Dt 5:30
cf.
(
pl.
)
8:6
;
10:12
;
11:22
,
28
;
19:9
;
26:17
;
28:9
;
30:16 Jos 22:5
(
D
)
Ju 2:22 2 S 22:22
=
ψ 18:22
,
1 K 2:3
;
3:14
;
8:58
;
11:33
,
38 2 K 21:22 2 Ch 6:31 Jb 21:1
4;
23:11
;
34:27
;
ψ 25:4
,
9
;
27:11
;
37:34
;
51:15
;
67:3
;
81:14
;
86:11
;
95:10
;
119:3 Is 2:3
=
Mi 4:
2,
Is 42:24
;
58:2
;
63:17
;
64:4 Zc 3:7 Mal 2:
9;
cf.
וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבֹּו בְּדַרְכֵי י׳
2 Ch 17:
6;
v.
also
ד׳ עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ
ψ 119:14
;
ד׳ פִּקּוּדֶיךָ
v
27
,
ד׳ מִצְוֹתֶ˜ין
v
3
2,
ד׳ חֻקֶּין
v
3
3.
•
[
מִדְרָךְ
S
4096
TWOT
453b
GK
4534
]
n.
[
m.
]
treading-
or
stepping-place,
place for the foot to tread on, only
cstr.
מִדְרַךְ כַּף־רָ˜גֶל
Dt 2:5
treading-place for the sole of a foot
(
cf.
11:24
=
Jos 1:
3).
•
[
דַּרְכְּמֹון
, אֲדַרְכֹּון
(א
prosthet.)]
n.
[
m.
] unit (appar. of weight, certainly) of value, rare & late, perhaps
drachma
, others
daric
,
v. infr
.:—only
pl.
דַּרְכְּמֹונִים
of gold
Ezr 2:69
(
||
מָנִים
of silver)
=
Ne 7:70
(
||
id.
); so
דַּרְכְּמֹנִים
Ne 7:6
9,
71
; also
אֲדַרְכֹּנִים
of gold money
1 Ch 29:7
(
||
כִּכָּרִים
;
כ׳
also in same
v.
of silver, brass & iron); of weight (or worth) of gold utensils
Ezr 8:27
.—Weight of Gk.
δραχµή
=
4.32 grammes (
=
66.5 Eng. gr.); value of silver dr.
=
c.
9 3/4
d.
Eng.; value of gold dr. (1/2 stater)
=
c.
9
s.
5
d.
Eng.;
cf.
Hultsch
Gr
. u. Röm. Metrol. (1882) 224, 227, 230–250, & Tab. xvi, xvi
.—
(
If
ד׳
=
drachma
, then perhaps edit. insertion in Ne Ezr (regarded as loan-word in both Gk. &
Heb.
from some Asiatic source by
Ew
GGA 1855, 1392 ff.; 1856, 798;
Gesch.
i. 274,
H
i. 189
cf.
Sm
Listen
Hultsch F. Hultsch, Griechische u. Römische Metrologie . Gr H. Grätz.
Heb. Hebrew. Ew H. Ewals. GGA Göttingsche Gelehrte Anzeigen .
Gesch. H. Ewals, Geschichte d. Volkes Israel;
H H. Ewals, History of Isr. (Neg. Trans. of Ew G(esch.)); Sm R. Smend, listen Der Bücher Esra u. Nehemia .