--- title: אֹרַח — way · The Tanakh dictionary description: אֹרַח (734), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 58 times: way. BDB 1906: n.m. way, path. 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Jb 6:18 (f. Pr 15:19) way, path (Assyrian urḫu COTGloss, Aramaic אֹרַח, ܐܘܽܪܚܳܐ )—א׳ abs. ψ 19:6 +; cstr. Pr 4:18 +; sf. אָרְחִי Jb 19:8 ψ 139:3 אֳרָחוֹת Ju 5:6(×2); cstr. אָרְחוֹת Jb 8:13 +; sf. אָרְחֹתָ֑י Jb 13:27; 33:11; אָרְחוֹתָם Jo 2:7 אֹ׳ Pr 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Pr 2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיו Is 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ψ 119:15 + etc.;—way, path (in Heb. mostly poet.) lit. Ju 5:6(×2) song of Deb. (alone = highways, opp. א׳ עֲקַלְקַלּוֹת crooked (by-) paths; cf. also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֹת ib.); Is 33:8 עֹבֵר א׳ = wayfarer (‖ מְסִלּוֹת), v. also Gn 49:17 (blessing of Jacob) (‖ דֶּרֶךְ) \& הַמְיַשְּׁרִים אֹרְחוֹתָם those who make straight their ways (‖ עֹבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ) Pr 9:15, בּוֹא 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. fig. path, way, of course \& fortunes of life Jb 8:13; 13:27 = 33:11; 19:8 (‖ נְתִיבוֹת) ψ 139:3 (‖ רבע), 142:4 (‖ נְתִיבָה) Pr 3:6 (‖ דֶּרֶךְ) 4:18; 15:19 (both ‖ id.) Is 26:7 (‖ מַעְגָּל) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Is 3:12; plain or even path א׳ מִישׁוֹר 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 Sheʾôl, cf. Assyrian name of lower world irṣit lâ târat, land without return, v. Jr 10, 65. fig. way, of mode of living, or of character Jb 34:11 (‖ פֹּעַל) ψ 119:9. Specif.: ways of י׳, his mode of action ψ 25:10; 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 (‖ נְתִיבוֹת), 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 2:19; 5:6; 15:24 (opp. שְׁאוֹל), also א׳ לְחַיִּים 10:17 (on these cf. Str Pr 14:32); of wickedness, א׳ פָּרִיץ way, path of the violent ψ 17:4, cf. also Pr 22:25; א׳ רְשָׁעִים Pr 4:14 (‖ דֶּרֶךְ), א׳ בֹּצֵעַ 1:19; sq. abstr. א׳ שָׁ֑קֶר ψ 119:104, so v 128 (‖ פִּקּוּדִים), also c. adj. א׳ רָע ψ 119:101 cf. Pr 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁים crooked) called הָא׳ עוֹלָם Jb 22:15; note also א׳ אֵידָם their destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction Jb 30:12 (cf. 19:12). by meton. traveller, wayfarer Jb 31:32 (cf. הֵלֶךְ 2 S 12:4) \& in pl. caravans 6:18, 19; but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ 31:32, אֹרְחוֹת 6:18 (v. לָפַת), 19. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֹרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/734/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.19/) הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃ *Word for word:* they.look the.caravans of.Tema the.caravans of.Sheba they.wait.eagerly for them *JPS 1917:* The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them — [Job 22:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.15/) הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃ *Word for word:* a path? of.antiquity will.you.keep which they.have.trodden men of.wickedness *JPS 1917:* Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? - ← previous: [אָרַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/733.md) - next →: [אֹרְחָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/736.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-7.md)