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 Job 13:27; Job 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָם Joel 2:7; Proverbs 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Proverbs 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 עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת ׳א crooked (by- paths;) compare also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת ib.); Isaiah 33:8 ׳עֹבֵר א = wayfarer ("" מְסִלּוֺת), see also Genesis 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) ("" דֶּרֶךְ) & הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם those who make straight their ways ("" עֹבְרֵי דָרֶ֑ךְ) Proverbs 9:15, ׳בּוֺא א go (tread) a path Isaiah 41:3; of course of locusts Joel 2:7 ׳לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן א they confuse not their paths ("" דְּרָכִים); יַמִּים ׳א paths of the seas Psalm 8:9; רוּץ אֹרַח run along a path, figurative of sun Psalm 19:6.

2 figurative path, way, of course & fortunes of life Job 13,27 = Job 33:11; Job 19:8 ("" נְתִיבוֺת) Psalm 139:3 ("" דֶּרֶךְ) Psalm 142:4 ("" נְתִיבָה) Proverbs 3:6 ("" דֶּרֶךְ) Proverbs 4:18; Proverbs 15:19 (both "" id.) Isaiah 26:7 ("" מַעְגָּל) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Isaiah 3:12; plain or even path מִישׁוֺר ׳א Psalm 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ 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) Psalm 44:19; Psalm 119:15 ("" מִּקּוּדִים) Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 ("" דְּרָכִים) compare מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ ׳א Isaiah 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. מִשְׁמָּט ׳א Proverbs 2:8 ("" דֶּרֶח) Proverbs 17:23; Isaiah 40:14 ("" דֶּרֶח), ישֶׁר ׳א Proverbs 2:13 ("" id.), צְדָקָה ׳א Proverbs 8:20 ("" נְתִיבוֺת), Proverbs 12:28 ("" דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה); so אֹרַה alone Isaiah 30:11 ("" דֶּרֶךְ) Proverbs 15:10; note especially אֹרַח חַיִּים, path of life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 2:19; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 15:24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), also לְחַיִּים ׳א Proverbs 10:17 (on these compare Str Proverbs 14:32);

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

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

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