H734. orach

אֹ֫רַח‎ noun masculine^{Job 6:18} (feminine^{Proverbs 15:19}) way, path (Assyrian ur—u COT^Gloss, Aramaic אֹרַח‎, ) — ׳א‎ absolute Psalm 19:6 +; construct Proverbs 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִי‎ Job 19:8; Psalm 139:3 < Infinitive construct, and "" רִבְעִי‎ (Infinitive construct of II. רבע‎), not דרכי‎, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺת‎ Judges 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺת‎ Job 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑י‎ 13:27; 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָם‎ Joel 2:7; Proverbs 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם‎ 2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיו‎ Isaiah 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ‎ Psalm 119:15 + etc.; — way, path (in Hebrew mostly poetry)

1 literal Judges 5:6 (twice in verse) Songs of Deborah (alone = highways, opposed to ׳א עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת‎ crooked (by- paths;) compare also נְתִיבוֺת הֹלְכֵי‎ ib.); Isaiah 33:8 א ׳עֹבֵר‎ = wayfarer ("" מְסִלּוֺת‎), see also Genesis 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎) & אָרְחוֺתָם הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים‎ those who make straight their ways ("" דָרֶ֑ךְ עֹבְרֵי‎) Proverbs 9:15, א ׳בּוֺא‎ go (tread) a path Isaiah 41:3; of course of locusts Joel 2:7 א יְעַבְּטוּן ׳לֹא‎ they confuse not their paths ("" דְּרָכִים‎); ׳א יַמִּים‎ paths of the seas Psalm 8:9; אֹרַח רוּץ‎ run along a path, figurative of sun 19:6.

2 figurative path, way, of course & fortunes of life Job 13, 27 = Job 33:11; 19:8 ("" נְתִיבוֺת‎) Psalm 139:3 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎) 142:4 ("" נְתִיבָה‎) Proverbs 3:6 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎) 4:18; 15:19 (both "" id.) Isaiah 26:7 ("" מַעְגָּל‎) so אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ דֶּרֶךְ‎ 3:12; plain or even path ׳א מִישׁוֺר‎ Psalm 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) כַּנָּשִׁים אֹרַח‎ Genesis 18:11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֶהֱלֹךְ אָשׁוּב לֹא אֹרַח‎ a path (which) I shall not return, I am going Job 16:22 i.e. to Sh®°ôl, compare Assyrian name of lower world irƒit lâ târat, land without return, see Jr¹⁰; Jr⁶⁵.

3 figurative way, of mode of living, or of character Job 34:11 ("" מֹּעַל‎) Psalm 119:9. Specifically:

a. ways of ׳י‎, his mode of action Psalm 25:10;

b. of man's righteousness, called ways of ׳י‎ Psalm 25:4 ("" דְּרָכִים‎) 44:19; 119:15 ("" מִּקּוּדִים‎) Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 ("" דְּרָכִים‎) compare ׳א מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ‎ Isaiah 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. ׳א מִשְׁמָּט‎ Proverbs 2:8 ("" דֶּרֶח‎) 17:23; Isaiah 40:14 ("" דֶּרֶח‎), ׳א ישֶׁר‎ Proverbs 2:13 ("" id.), ׳א צְדָקָה‎ 8:20 ("" נְתִיבוֺת‎), 12:28 ("" נְתִיבָה דֶּרֶךְ‎); so אֹרַה‎ alone Isaiah 30:11 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎) Proverbs 15:10; note especially חַיִּים אֹרַח‎, path of life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 2:19; 5:5; 15:24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל‎), also ׳א לְחַיִּים‎ 10:17 (on these compare Str 14:32);

c. of wickedness, ׳א מָּרִיץ‎ way, path of the violent Psalm 17:4, compare also Proverbs 22:25; ׳א רְשָׁעְים‎ 4:14 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎), ׳א בֹּצֵעַ‎ 1:19; followed by abstract ׳א שָׁ֑קֶר‎ Psalm 119:104, so 119:128 ("" מִּקּוּדִים‎), also with adjective ׳א רָע‎ 119:101 compare Proverbs 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁים‎ crooked) called ׳הָא עלָוֺם‎ Job 22:15; note also ׳א אֵידָם‎ their destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction 30:12 (compare 19:12).

4 by meton. traveler, wayfarer Job 31:32 (compare חֵלֶךְ‎ 2 Samuel 12:4) & in plural caravans 6:18-19, but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ‎ 2Sam 31:32, אֹרְחוֺת‎ 6:18-19,.