734. orach
Lexical Summary
orach: a way, path
Original Word: אֹרַח
Transliteration: orach
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-rakh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a way, path
Meaning: a well-trodden road, a caravan
Strong's Concordance
manner, highway

From 'arach; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan -- manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.

see HEBREW 'arach

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H734. orach

אֹ֫רַחnoun masculineJob 6:18 (feminineProverbs 15:19) way, path (Assyrian ur—u COTGloss, Aramaic אֹרַח‎, ) — ׳א‎ absolute Psalm 19:6 +; construct Proverbs 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִיJob 19:8; Psalm 139:3 < Infinitive construct, and "" רִבְעִי‎ (Infinitive construct of II. רבע‎), not דרכי‎, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺתJudges 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺתJob 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑י13:27; 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָםJoel 2:7; Proverbs 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיוIsaiah 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 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 עֲקַלְקַלּוֺתcrooked (by- paths;) compare also נְתִיבוֺת הֹלְכֵיib.); Isaiah 33:8 א ׳עֹבֵר‎ = wayfarer ("" מְסִלּוֺת‎), see also Genesis 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎) & אָרְחוֺתָם הֵמְיַשְּׁרִיםthose who make straight their ways ("" דָרֶ֑ךְ עֹבְרֵי‎) Proverbs 9:15, א ׳בּוֺאgo (tread) a path Isaiah 41:3; of course of locusts Joel 2:7 א יְעַבְּטוּן ׳לֹאthey confuse not their paths ("" דְּרָכִים‎); ׳א יַמִּיםpaths of the seas Psalm 8:9; אֹרַח רוּץrun 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 דֶּרֶךְ3:12; plain or even path ׳א מִישׁוֺרPsalm 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) כַּנָּשִׁים אֹרַחGenesis 18:11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֶהֱלֹךְ אָשׁוּב לֹא אֹרַחa 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 ׳יPsalm 25:4 ("" דְּרָכִים‎) 44:19; 119:15 ("" מִּקּוּדִים‎) Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 ("" דְּרָכִים‎) compare ׳א מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָIsaiah 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. ׳א מִשְׁמָּטProverbs 2:8 ("" דֶּרֶח‎) 17:23; Isaiah 40:14 ("" דֶּרֶח‎), ׳א ישֶׁרProverbs 2:13 ("" id.), ׳א צְדָקָה8:20 ("" 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 לְחַיִּים10:17 (on these compare Str 14:32);

c. of wickedness, ׳א מָּרִיץway, path of the violent Psalm 17:4, compare also Proverbs 22:25; ׳א רְשָׁעְים4:14 ("" דֶּרֶךְ‎), ׳א בֹּצֵעַ1:19; followed by abstract ׳א שָׁ֑קֶרPsalm 119:104, so 119:128 ("" מִּקּוּדִים‎), also with adjective ׳א רָע119:101 compare Proverbs 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁיםcrooked) called ׳הָא עלָוֺםJob 22:15; note also ׳א אֵידָםtheir destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction 30:12 (compare 19:12).

4 by meton. traveler, wayfarer Job 31:32 (compare חֵלֶךְ2 Samuel 12:4) & in plural caravans 6:18-19, but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ‎ 2Sam 31:32, אֹרְחוֺת6:18-19,.








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