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title: מַהֲלָךְ — walk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַהֲלָךְ (4109), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: walk. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַהֲלָךְ

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«מַהֲלָךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **walk** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4109 · **BDB:** מַהֲלָךְ

### Glosses

a.journey (2); a.passage (1); goings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

walk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4109/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4109/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ne 2:6 walk, journey, going (late); cstr. מַהֲלַךְ Ez 42:4 + 2 times; sf. מַהֲלָֽכְךָ Ne 2:6; pl. מַהְלְכִים Zc 3:7;— walk ‘of 10 cubits’ breadth before the chambers’ in Ezekiel’s temple Ez 42:4 (cf. Da). journey from Bab. to Jerusalem Ne 2:6; of dimension of Nineveh, a journey of three days Jon 3:3 i.e. diameter or length, cf. v 4; (according to Herodot. v. 53 one day’s journey = 150 stadia, = length of Nineveh according to Diod ii. 3). pl. goings, i.e. free access (VB) Zc 3:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַהֲלָךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4109/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jonah 3:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.3.3/)

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וַיָּ֣קָם יוֹנָ֗ה וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֶ֖הכִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה וְנִֽינְוֵ֗ה הָיְתָ֤ה עִיר־גְּדוֹלָה֙ לֵֽאלֹהִ֔ים מַהֲלַ֖ךְ שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose Jonah and he.went to Nineveh according to.the.word of.Yahweh and Nineveh it.was a.city great to God a.journey of.three days

*JPS 1917:* So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.

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[Ezekiel 42:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.42.4/)

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וְלִפְנֵ֨י הַלְּשָׁכ֜וֹת מַהֲלַךְ֩ עֶ֨שֶׂר אַמּ֥וֹת רֹ֙חַב֙ אֶל־הַפְּנִימִ֔ית דֶּ֖רֶךְ אַמָּ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת וּפִתְחֵיהֶ֖ם לַצָּפֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and \[was\] before the rooms a.passage of.ten cubits breadth to the.inner \[court\] a.way of.a.cubit one and entrances their \[were\].to the north

*JPS 1917:* And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.

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