STRONGS H3212:
Abbreviations
הָלַךְ 1545 verb go, come, walk (MI
ואהלך,
לך; SI
וילכו; Late Hebrew
הִלֵּךְ (rare), Aramaic
הֲלַךְ,
הַךְ (also Biblical Aramaic), oftener
הַלֵּיךְ Pa.,
Kelfh, Palmyrene Ithp.
אתילכא Vog
No. 15, 1. 4; Assyrian
alâku Dl
w; also Arabic
هَلَكَ perish) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ה׳ [
H1980 Genesis 26:26 +; הָלָ֑ךְ 2 Samuel 8:6 +; 3rd person plural הָֽלְכוּ Genesis 14:24 +; (הֶ)הָֽלְכוּא Joshua 10:24] (Ges
§ 23, 3; 138, 3 b Kö
i. 414 f.), etc.;
Imperfect rarely. Assyrian
Alâku Dl
w.
Imperfect rarely.
a. 3rd person masculine singular יִהֲלֹךְ Jeremiah 9:3 [
Jeremiah 9:2] +
4 times Job, Psalms;
[H1980 וַיַּהֲלֹךְ Job 14:20; 3rd person feminine singular תִּהֲלַךְ Psalm 73:9; וַתִּהֲלַךְ Exodus 9:23 (Ew§ 138 b Ges§ 69, R. 8 Köi. 415); 1st person singular אֶהֱלֹךְ Job 16:22; 23:8 (compare MI 14.15); יִהֲלֹ֑כוּ Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]; usually]
b. (629 times) as if from ילך (ולך; see Hiph. Ges§ 69, 2 R. 8 Köi. 414 ff. PrätZAW 1882, 310 ff.; compare also יָלַד etc.) 3rd person masculine singular יֵלֵךְ Exodus 10:24 +; יֵלֵ֑ךְ Ecclesiastes 5:15 +; וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21; יֵלֶךְֿ Exodus 34:9 +; וַיֵּלֶךְ Genesis 12:4 (twice in verse) + 210 times, וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ Genesis 24:61 + 6 times; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּלֵךְ Genesis 24:39 תֵּלֵ֑ךְ Psalm 97:3; וַתֵּ֫לֶךְ Genesis 7:18 +; 2nd person masculine singular תֵּלֵךְ etc. Genesis 3:14 +; 2nd person feminine singular תֵּלְכִי etc. Judges 4:8 (twice in verse) +; 1st person singular אֵלֵךְ Exodus 3:11 +; וָאֵלֵךְ Judges 19:18 +; וָאֵלַ֑ךְ Job 19:10; אֵלְכָה Genesis 45:28 +, אֵילְכָה Micah 1:8; 3rd person masculine plural יֵלְכו Exodus 5:7 +; יֵלֵכ֑וּן Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30] + 2 times; וַיֵּלְכוּ Genesis 9:23 (וילכו also SI4) +; 3rd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Judges 11:40 +; 2nd person masculine plural תֵּלְכוּ Genesis 42:38 +; תֵּלְכוּן Deuteronomy 6:14; תֵּלֵכ֑וּן Exodus 3:21; Isaiah 52:12; 2nd person feminine plural תֵּלַכְנָה Ruth 1:11; 1 person plural נֵלֵךְ Exodus 8:23 [Exodus 8:27] +; וַנֵּ֫לֶךְ Deuteronomy 1:19, etc.;
Imperative rarely
a. הֲלוֺךְ [H1980 Proverbs 13:20] (Kt.; Qr הֹלֵךְ, compare De Now); masculine plural הִלְכוּ Jeremiah 51:10 [Jeremiah 51:9]; usually
b. (241 times) masculine singular לֵךְ Genesis 26:16 + (לך also MI14), לֶךְֿ Genesis 27:9 +; לְכָה Genesis 19:32 +; לְךָ Numbers 23:13; Judges 19:13; [H1980 2 Chronicles 25:17]; לֵ֑כָה 1 Samuel 23:17 [1 Samuel 23:16]; feminine singular לְכִי Judges 9:10 +; masculine plural לְכוּ Genesis 37:20 +; feminine plural לֵ֫כְנָה Ruth 1:8, לֵ֫כְןָ Ruth 1:12, etc.;
Infinitive absolute הָלוֺךְ [H1980 Genesis 8:3 +; הָלֹךְ Genesis 31:30] +; construct rarely
a. הֲלֹךְ [H1980 Exodus 3:19 + 4 times; הֲלָךְֿ Ecclesiastes 6:9]; usually
b. (
129 times)
לֶ֫כֶת Micah 6:8 +;
לָ֑כֶת Proverbs 15:21 +
2 times; suffix
לֶכְתִּי 1 Kings 2:8;
לֶכְתָּם 2 Samuel 17:21 +
7 times (6 Ezekiel);
לֶכְתָּן Ezekiel 1:9,
Ezekiel 1:12,
Ezekiel 1:17, etc.;
[H1980 Participle הֹלֵךְ Genesis 18:16 +; הוֺלֵךְ Genesis 15:2 +; feminine הֹלְכָה Jeremiah 3:6; הֹלֶכֶת Genesis 32:21 [Genesis 32:20]; 2 times+ הֹלָכֶתْי 2 Kings 4:23; plural הֹלְכִים Exodus 33:15 +, etc.; construct הֹלְכֵי Judges 5:6 + 3 times; feminine plural הֹלְכֹת etc. Exodus 2:5 + 3 times; — found in all documents of Hexateuch, especially J E (240 times; D + 65 times, P + 30 times + H + 14 times)];—
I. literal.
1. of persons,
a. go, proceed, move, walk Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:8; [H1980 Exodus 17:5]; Amos 3:3; [H1980 Zephaniah 1:17] + often; of cherubim Ezekiel 10:16 — Ezekiel 1:9, 12, Ezekiel 1:19, Ezekiel 1:20, Ezekiel 1:21, Ezekiel 1:24; opposed to sitting (ישׁב) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 11:19 (both with בַּדֶּרֶךְ); || running (רוץ) Proverbs 4:12; Isaiah 40:31, compare also 2 Chronicles 30:6; distinguished from riding, driving [H1980 Genesis 24:65] (J; followed by בַּשָּׂדֶה לִקְרָאתֵנוּ), [H1980 Judges 5:10] (עַלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ), [H7272 Isaiah 41:3] (בְּרַגְלָיו), compare Ecclesiastes 5:1 (followed by אֶל), [H1980 Ecclesiastes 10:7] (followed by עַלהָֿאָרֶץ); on usage with preposition see below; but also || וַיִּרְכַּב [H1980 1 Kings 13:12]; 1 Kings 18:45 compare 2 Kings 9:16; וַיֵּלֶךְ רֹכֵב הַסּוּס 2 Kings 9:18 (followed by לִקְרָאתוֺ); נְהַג וָלֵךְוַ֗֗֗תֵּלָךְ וַתָּבאֹ 2 Kings 4:24 drive and go forward... and she went, and came.
b. depart, go away: Genesis 18:33 (J),
and י׳ departed, [
H1980 Genesis 34:17 (P) then we will take our daughter and depart; compare 1 Samuel 14:3];
1 Samuel 15:27; [
H1980 Exodus 3:19] (J),
Exodus 12:28 (P)
[H1980 2 Kings 5:25 +; go, go out (to a specific duty etc.): of Samuel 1 Samuel 7:16, Barak Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); go out, forth (opposed to שׁוּב) Ruth 1:21 +; = go into exile (without modifier) 1 Chronicles 5:41 [1 Chronicles 6:15] compare Jeremiah 22:10 (הֹלֵךְ of one going into exile; opposed to death); see further אֲשֶׁר הָֽלְכוּ שָׁם Ezekiel 37:21.]
c. less often where English idiom requires or prefers come, (approach, arrive), verb in Hebrew being referred to starting point; mostly with preposition (on usage with preposition in general see below): — לְכָה אֵלַי 1 Samuel 17:44; so in prayer to י׳, וּלְכָה לִישֻׁעָ֫תָה לָ֫נוּ Psalm 80:3 [Psalm 80:2]; also in Yahweh's exhortations to Israel: Isaiah 55:1; (לַמַּיִם), Isaiah 55:3 (אֵלַי); come to, arrive at a land (ָ ה locative) Genesis 29:1; come unto (אֶל) a people Ruth 2:11; but compare especially (without preposition) Imperative followed by another imperative, etc., see below 5f, & particular cases like Numbers 22:6, Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:17; Numbers 23:7 (twice in verse); Isaiah 55:1 (twice in verse) etc., where actual summons to approach the speaker.
d. with modifiers:
(1)
(α). of space traversed: אֵת כָּלהַֿמִּדְבָּר Deuteronomy 1:19 (compare I. אֵת 2), כָּלהַֿבִּתְרוֺן 2 Samuel 2:29; especially with accusative דֶּרֶךְ way, [H1980 Genesis 35:3] (E) Numbers 20:17 (JE) [H1980 Deuteronomy 1:31]; 2 Samuel 4:7; [H1980 1 Kings 13:12] (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:7 compare הָלָ֑כְתָּ אֲשֶׁר בַּדֶּרֶךְ תָשׁוּב וְלֹא [H1980 1 Kings 13:9]; הֹלֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ = traveler [H1980 Isaiah 35:8]; followed by אֳרָחוֺת Judges 5:6 (song), participle construct הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת Judges 5:6 goers of paths (wayfarers); with accusative דֶּרֶךְ = journey [H1980 Proverbs 7:19];
(β). with accusative of time [H1980 Deuteronomy 2:14]; 2 Samuel 2:32, compare Joshua 5:6; [H1980 Joshua 14:10]; also, with combination of ideas of space & time דֶּרֶךְ שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים Exodus 3:18 (+ בַּמִּדְבָּר see below) compare Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23 [Exodus 8:27]; Exodus 15:22 (all J E), Numbers 33:8 (P) [H1980 1 Kings 19:4].
(2) with preposition:
(
α) followed by
בְּ of space (territory, country, etc.) in which
בַּמִּדְבָּר Judges 11:16,
Judges 11:18; compare
וַיֵּלֶךְ בַּבַּיִת אַחַת הֵנָּה וְאַחַת הֵנָּה 2 Kings 4:35 and he walked in the house once hither, once thither; especially + accusative of time or distance (compare above)
Joshua 5:6;
[H1980 Joshua 14:10 (both D) 1 Kings 19:4 בָּֽעֲרָבָה 2 Samuel 2:29; compare בַּיַּבָּשָׁה Exodus 14:29 = Exodus 15:19 (P ?);
בְּתוֺךְ הָעֵמֶק Joshua 8:13 (JE); followed by
בְּ of way, path
בְּדֶרֶךְ [
H1980 1 Kings 18:6] (twice in verse)
בַּדּ׳ Numbers 21:22 (JE) [
H1980 Joshua 24:17 (E) Deuteronomy 1:33];
Deuteronomy 2:27;
Judges 18:6;
1 Samuel 28:22;
לֹא תָשׁוּב לָלֶכֶת בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר הָלַכְתָּ בָּהּ 1 Kings 13:17 (
הָלַךְ of both going & coming); so often figurative, compare below
II. 3;
walk in the streets בִּרְחֹבֹת Lamentations 4:18,
walk by the way 'בַּדּ (opposed to
יָשַׁב sit)
Deuteronomy 6:7;
Deuteronomy 11:19;
[H1980 (β). followed by עַל, go or walk on (by) עַליַֿד הַיְאֹר Exodus 2:5; עַלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 9:6 (i.e. set out, start, upon compare Dr); construct followed by לְ Judges 5:10.]
(3) go to, unto:
(
α). followed by accusative, in general
בְּכָלאֲֿשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ Genesis 28:15 (J)
whithersoever thou goest Joshua 1:7,
Joshua 1:9 (D),
[H1980 compare 2 Samuel 7:9; 2 Samuel 8:6, 14 = 1 Chronicles 17:8; 1 Chronicles 18:6, 13];
more definitely, to a land, with or without
ארץ Judges 1:26; [
H1980 Judges 21:21];
Jeremiah 37:12; so figurative [
H1980 Hosea 7:11]
resort to (accusative)
Asshur (||
קרא); to a city
1 Samuel 11:14,
1 Samuel 11:15;
1 Samuel 23:5;
1 Kings 2:8;
1 Kings 11:24;
1 Kings 12:1; [
H1980 1 Kings 14:2],
1 Kings 14:4;
2 Kings 9:1;
1 Chronicles 11:4;
2 Chronicles 8:3;
Ezra 8:31; to a house
בַּיִת 2 Samuel 13:7,
2 Samuel 13:8, house of
'י Psalm 122:1; a field,
Genesis 27:5 (J; + infinitive of purpose); valley of salt
2 Chronicles 25:11.
(β). followed by ָ ה locative, אַ֫רְצָה Genesis 11:31; Genesis 12:5, מַּדֶּ֫נָת אֲרָם Genesis 28:2, Genesis 28:5, Genesis 28:7 (all P) compare Genesis 29:1 (E) Numbers 32:39 (JE) 2 Samuel 14:23; of city Genesis 18:22; Genesis 28:10 (both J) Judges 9:1; 1 Samuel 15:34; 1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 15:9; 1 Kings 3:4; 1 Kings 18:45; 2 Chronicles 10:1; of river Euphrates Jeremiah 13:4, Jeremiah 13:6, Jeremiah 13:7; of a wood 1 Samuel 23:16; a mountain Joshua 2:16 (JE); compare also אָ֫נָה הָֽלְכוּ whither have they gone Genesis 16:8; Genesis 32:18 [Genesis 32:17]; [H1980 Joshua 2:5 (all J E) compare Nehemiah 2:16; Songs 6:1]; Judges 19:17, אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה [H1980 1 Kings 2:42] (but also 'אָן ה [H1980 1 Samuel 10:14]); שָׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 40:4 but also שָׁם 1 Samuel 9:6; Jeremiah 45:5; הֵ֫נָּה 2 Kings 4:35.
(γ). with preposition:
(a) most often followed by
אֶלֿ unto, e.g.,
unto the place,
הַמָּקוֺם,
Genesis 22:3 (E)
Genesis 30:25 (J), etc.; of land
Genesis 22:2 (E)
Genesis 24:4,
Genesis 24:10 (J)
Genesis 36:6 (P)
Joshua 22:9 (D), etc.; of city
Genesis 22:19 (E)
1 Samuel 9:10;
Jonah 3:3, etc.; of house
Genesis 24:38 (J)
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (twice in verse); house of God
Ecclesiastes 4:17 [
Ecclesiastes 5:1]; of people
Exodus 19:10 (E) etc.; in other designations of place,
Joshua 8:9 (JE),
Ezra 10:6; [
H1980 Ruth 2:9],.etc., also followed by
אֶל =
against, of military expedition:
Judges 1:10 against Canaanites; a city
Judges 9:1;
1 Kings 22:15 2 Chronicles 18:5,
2 Chronicles 18:14; also followed by
אֶל of individual persons
Genesis 26:1, [
H1980 Genesis 26:26] (both J),
Genesis 41:55 (E)
2 Kings 6:22,
2 Kings 6:23;
2 Kings 22:14 2 Chronicles 34:22;
Jeremiah 41:14 +; once with implicit
coire cum femina Amos 2:7 (compare
בּוֺא 1e);
[H1980 see especially בַּמִּשְׁפָּט אֶל־אֵל לַהֲלֹךְ Job 34:23 of judicial inquiry by God; come unto the speaker Numbers 22:16, Numbers 22:37 (both J E), unto the one addressed Isaiah 60:14.]
(b) rarely followed by עַלֿ unto (Jeremiah Kings Ezekiel) with בַּיִת 1 Kings 20:43, שָׂדֶה 1 Kings 2:26 (+ accusative of location), compare עַלכָּֿל אֲשֶׂר Jeremiah 1:7, עַלאֲֿשֶׁר יִהְיֶה שָׁם Ezekiel 1:12 (of the רוּחַ; compare אֶלאֲֿשֶׁר יִהְיֶה שָׁ֫מָּה Ezekiel 1:20); also וַאֲנִיִ הוֺלֵךְ עַלֹ אֲשֶׁראֲֿנִי הוֺלֵךְ 2 Samuel 15:20 = I am going I know not where compare LagPsalt. Hieron. 1874, 156 f. DrSm; see further [H1980 Jeremiah 3:6] (followed by both עַל & אֶל; confusion of אֶל and לְַ see these words); followed by עַל against city 1 Kings 22:6, king 2 Chronicles 22:5.
(c) followed by עַד as far as, unto, place עַדכֹּֿה Genesis 22:5 (E), compare 1 Kings 12:30 (וַיֵּלְכוּ הָעָם לִפְנֵי הָאֶחָד עַד דָּ֑ן), 2 Kings 6:2; 2 Kings 10:25; 2 Kings 7:15 compare. 2 Chronicles 26:8; persons 1 Samuel 9:9.
(d) followed by
לְ,
to a land
1 Kings 10:13 etc.; a city [
H1980 2 Chronicles 8:17; a mountain 1 Chronicles 4:42]; a bamah [high place]
2 Chronicles 1:3; compare
לִמְבוֺא גְדֹר 1 Chronicles 4:39 & see below; also before proper name of person
Genesis 24:56 (J); further
לַמִּלְחָמָה [
H1980 Ezekiel 7:14];
לְסִבְלֹתיכֶם Exodus 5:4 (J)
go to your burdens
[H1980 compare Isaiah 60:3, לְמוֺאל הַהוֺלֶכֶת הַשֵׁנִית וְהַתּוֺדָה Nehemiah 12:38 the second thanksgiving choir, that went the opposite way; frequently לְדַרְכּוֺ etc., go (to, on) one's way Genesis 19:2 (J) Genesis 32:2 [Genesis 32:1] (E) Numbers 24:25;
Joshua 2:16 (both J E)
Judges 18:26;
1 Samuel 1:18;
1 Samuel 26:25 +;
לְמַסָּעָיו Genesis 13:3 (J);
[H1980 compare הַהוֺלֵךְ לְמֶרְחֲבֵיאֶֿדֶץ Habakkuk 1:6 that marcheth through the breath of the land (of invader); note especially in sense of depart to, go away to, almost = return to; וְהָלַכְתָּ לְאֹהָלָיךָ Deuteronomy 16:7 and thou shalt go (back) to thy tents],
so
Judges 19:6 [
Judges 19:5];
Judges 20:8;
1 Kings 8:66;
1 Kings 12:16 =
2 Chronicles 10:16;
לְבֵיתוֺ 1 Samuel 10:26; compare
1 Samuel 14:8 1 Samuel 14:6; [
H1980 1 Samuel 23:18];
1 Kings 14:12;
1 Chronicles 16:43;
[H1980 לִמְקוֺמוֺ 1 Samuel 2:20 (compare VB Dr) 1 Samuel 14:46; see also go away or off to 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 8:17.]
(e) followed by
בְּ into בַּשָּׂדֶה Numbers 22:23 (of Balsam's ass); especially in
בּשְּׁבִי ה׳ go into captivity Amos 9:4; [
H1980 Nahum 3:10];
Deuteronomy 28:41;
Jeremiah 20:6;
Jeremiah 22:22;
Jeremiah 30:16;
[H1980 Lamentations 1:18 (= שְׁבִי 'ה Lamentations 1:5])
compare
Ezekiel 30:17,
Ezekiel 30:18; [
H1980 Isaiah 46:2];
Isaiah 48:17
[H1980 בַּגּוֺלָה ה׳ Jeremiah 48:11; Ezekiel 25:3; see also בַּכְּלִמָּה ה׳ Isaiah 45:16; בַּמִּלְתָמָה ה׳ 1 Samuel 17:13; בַּקְּרָ֑ב ה׳ 2 Samuel 17:11 (but see Dr).]
(4) go from, depart from, followed by
מִן, e.g. [
H1980 1 Kings 2:41], etc.,
מִשָּׁם Genesis 42:26 (E)
1 Kings 19:19; compare
אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ Psalm 139:7;
[H1980 note especially הָלַךְ מֵעֵינָיו וּמַלְאַךְ י׳ Judges 6:21 compare 1 Samuel 14:17 (מֵעִמָנוּ), Hosea 9:6 (מִשֹּׁד, from destruction; also followed by מֵאֵת of divorced woman Jeremiah 3:1 (מֵאִתּוֺ),]
compare also
Genesis 26:31 (J),
Joshua 22:9 (? P)
מֵאֵצֶל 1 Kings 20:36.
(5) with preposition denoting other relations: —
(
α).
אֵת of accompaniment,
[H1980 אִתִּי ה׳ (on warlike expedition) Genesis 14:24 compare 2 Samuel 15:11; Joshua 10:24; Judges 1:3 (followed by בְּ into),]
Judges 7:4 (twice in verse),
[H1980 see also 1 Samuel 23:23; 2 Samuel 16:17 +].
(β). עִם Judges 4:8 (twice in verse); Judges 4:9 (twice in verse); Judges 7:4; [H1980 Judges 11:8]; 1 Samuel 30:22 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 19:26; [H1980 Numbers 22:13, 14] (JE) +.
(γ). בְּ with (compare בְּ III. 1, p. 89), especially Exodus 10:9, compare Hosea 5:6 'אֶתיֿ לְבַקֵּשׁ יֵלְכוּ וּבִבְּקָרָם בְּצאֹנָם, of vain sacrifices; 2 Chronicles 30:6 the runners went with (בְּ) letters.
(δ). בְּקֶרֶב in the midst of, Exodus 34:9 (JE).
(ε). לִפְנֵי in front of, before, before Cyrus Isaiah 45:2, (compare of fire & pestilence, below 3); of 'י going before Israel Exodus 13:21; [H1980 Numbers 14:14], compare also Exodus 23:23; Exodus 32:34 & (in meaning) Exodus 33:14 (יֵלֵ֑כוּ פָּנַי), [H1980 Exodus 33:15], Isaiah 52:12, with which camp. לְפָנֶיךָ צִדְקֶ֑ךָ 'וה [H1980 Isaiah 58:8]; of other gods Exodus 32:1, Exodus 32:23 (all J E); לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ Genesis 33:12 (J).
(ζ). with אַחַר go after, follow, persons Genesis 37:17 (J) 2 Kings 7:15; אַחֲרֵי Genesis 24:5, Genesis 24:8, Genesis 24:39, Genesis 24:61 (all J), [H1980 Joshua 3:3] (D), Numbers 16:25 (JE) +; compare also II. 3 d (going after false gods, etc.); מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם Exodus 14:19 (J).
(η). לְ with sense of dativus ethicus [dative of interest]: וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֺ אֶלאַֿרְצוֺ Exodus 18:27 (E) and he gat him (betook himself) to his country; אֵ֫לֶךְ לִי אֶל Songs 4:6 I will get me unto; וְנֵלְכָהלָֿנוּ 1 Samuel 26:11 and let us be gone, compare 1 Samuel 26:12, [H1980 Songs 2:11] (of rain compare under, 3); Imperative in same construction: לֶךְלְֿךָאֶל Genesis 22:2 (E) get thee unto, לְכוּ לָכֶם לְאָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:4 (D) also לֶךְלְֿךָ מִן Genesis 12:1 (J), & לְכִילָֿךְ Songs 2:10, 13 get thee away, come away.
(θ). adverbial phrases of manner with preposition:
(a) בְּ,
בְּשָׁלוֺם ה׳ go in peace Genesis 26:31(J)
1 Samuel 29:7;
2 Samuel 3:21,
2 Samuel 3:22,
2 Samuel 3:23;
2 Samuel 15:9;
בְּכֹהַ הָאֲכִילָה הַהִיא ה׳ 1 Kings 19:8,
בְּחֵמָה ה׳ 2 Kings 5:12 compare also
1 Samuel 17:39;
Isaiah 52:12;
[H1980 בְּסַעֲרוֺת תֵּימָן וְה׳ Zechariah 9:14 of 'י, and he shall go in (or with) storms of the south; בְּ pretii, הַהֹלְכִים בְּנַפְשׁוֺתָם 2 Samuel 23:17]
who went at risk of their life (otherwise in || [
H5315 1 Chronicles 11:19]); compare
(b) אֶל, אֶלנַֿפְשׁוֺ ה׳ 1 Kings 19:3 he went for his life.
(c) לְ, לְרַגְלָהּ ה׳ 1 Samuel 25:42 go according to her foot, i.e. follow, attend her; לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֺם go to, for (in) peace Exodus 4:18 (E) Judges 18:6; 1 Samuel 1:17; [H1980 1 Samuel 20:13], 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19; וְהֹלְכִים לְתֻמָּם [H1980 2 Samuel 15:11].
(
κ). with adjective or noun, agreeing with subject of verb, in accusative (Ges
§ 118.5), sometimes where Latin & English use an attributive or appositive:
walk barefoot [
H1980 2 Samuel 15:30; walk naked and barefoot Isaiah 20:3] (with accusative of duration);
וַתֵּלַכְנָה נְטֻו֯וֺת גָּרוֺן רגו׳ Isaiah 3:16; compare
1 Kings 8:66; also
לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ Leviticus 19:16 (H)
[H1980 thou shalt not walk as a slanderer among thy people, Jeremiah 9:3 [Jeremiah 9:4], הוֺלֵךְ רָכִיל Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 20:19; and even הֹלְכֵי רָכִיל Jeremiah 6:28 (yet רכיל possibly abstract, ר׳ ה׳ walk in slander); ]
with adverb accusative, construed more generally (Ges
§ 118, 5. c., Ew
§ 279 c);
ye shall not walk loftily (
רוֺמָה)
Micah 2:3;
they shall come bending (
שְׁחוֺחַ) [
H1980 Isaiah 60:14];
and Agag came delicately (
מַעֲדַנֹּת)
1 Samuel 15:32; compare also [
H1980 Leviticus 26:23] (II.
3b)
Exodus 3:21;
2 Samuel 17:18.
2. Also of animals, in similar meanings and combinations:
הָלַךְ [
H1980 Nahum 2:11],
walk about, prowl (lions, figurative of rulers of Assyria);
Proverbs 30:29 (see
Proverbs 30:30-31, of three beasts & a king);
walk, go, move בִּמְסִלָּה אַחַת ה׳ [
H1980 1 Samuel 6:12](of cows bringing ark), horses in Zechariah's vision
Zechariah 6:7 וַיְבַקְשׁוּ לָלֶכֶת לְהִתְהַלֵךְ בָּאָרֶץ; of beasts & birds [
H1980 Jeremiah 9:10, compare Jeremiah 50:3]
both man & beast, they are fled, they are gone; of flocks and herbs (
מִקְנֶה)
יֵלֵךְ עִמָּנוּ Exodus 10:26 they shall go with us;
מֵהר אֶלגִּֿבְעָה ה׳ [
H1980 Jeremiah 50:6]
they have gone from mountain to hill (Israel under figure of wandering sheep); in [
H1982 1 Samuel 14:26] read probably
הָלַךְ for
הֵלֶךְ which see.;
[H1980 especially in laws of clean & unclean Leviticus 11:20, 21 every swarming winged thing that goeth on (הַהֹלֵךְעַל) all fours compare Leviticus 11:27, 42; also Leviticus 11:27 everything that goeth on its paws, & Leviticus 11:42]
everything that goeth on (its) belly, (all P), so of serpent
Genesis 3:14 on thy belly (
עַלגְּֿחֹנְךָ)
shalt thou go (J), compare also
Jeremiah 46:22 קוֺלָהּ כַּנָּחָשׁ יֵלֵךְ; (where apparently rel. clause,
her voice like the serpent that moves, i.e. like the rustling sound of a gliding serpent, compare VB); locusts
Joel 2:7 (
אִישׁ בִּדְרָכָיו),
Joel 2:8 (
גֶּבֶר בִּמְסִלָּתוֺ).
3. in like manner of inanimate things, as: the ark (
הַתֵּבָה)
Genesis 7:18 (P; followed by
הַמָּ֑יִם עַל־פְּנֵי); ships
1 Kings 22:49 (followed by
ָ ה locative) =
2 Chronicles 20:36 (followed by accusative of limit), compare [
H1980 2 Chronicles 9:21] (followed by accusative)
2 Chronicles 20:37 (
אֶל); of
אֳנִישַֿׁיִט Isaiah 33:21 ‘galley with oars’ (followed by
בְּ of place in which); wheels (in Ezekiel's vision)
Ezekiel 1:17 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 1:19,
Ezekiel 1:21;
Ezekiel 10:11 (
4 times in verse);
[H1980 moon Job 31:26; wind Psalm 78:39; Ecclesiastes 1:6 (twice in verse);]
of streams (
הַנְחָלִים) =
flow אֶלהַֿיָּם Ecclesiastes 1:7; compare
אֶלמְֿקוֺם שֶׁהַנְחָלִים הֹלְכִים שָׁם הֵם שָׁבִים לָלֶכֶת Ecclesiastes 1:7 unto the place whither the streams flow, thither they flow again; also
אֲפִיקִים, followed by
מַיִם as accusative of that with which,
Joel 3:18 || of hills
flowing חָלָב,
with milk; compare further figurative
כָּלבִּֿרְכַּיִם תֵּלַכְנָה מַיִם Ezekiel 7:17;
Ezekiel 21:12 [
Ezekiel 21:7],
all knees shall flow down in water, i.e. be as weak as water;
[H1980 נְהָרוֺת Ezekiel 31:4 (followed by סָבִיב); וְהָלַךְ עַלכָּֿלגְּֿדוֺתָיו Isaiah 8:7 i.e. overflow (|| עָלָה עַלכָּֿלאֲֿפִיקָיו)]
compare
Joshua 4:18 (JE); so of water (as SI
4) [
H1980 Isaiah 8:6];
1 Kings 18:35 (
הַמַּיִם סָבִיב לַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַוַיֵּלְכוּ),
[H1980 Psalm 105:41 (ָהָֽלְכוּ בַּצִיּוֺת נָהָר, they flowed through dry regions as a river); (on infinitive absolute used of waters of flood, Genesis 8:3, 5, compare below 4c (4), (5)); of the sea הַיָּם הוֺלֵךְ וְסֹעֵר Jonah 1:11, 13 was going on and being stormy = was growing more and more stormy (compare below 4d); of wine (יַיִן) Songs 7:9 that goeth down, for my beloved, smoothly (simile);]
also of lightning
go, dart (
בָּרָק)
Job 38:35,
[H1980 so אֵשׁ Exodus 9:23 (E) וַתִּהֲלַךְ אֵשׁ אָ֑רְצָה and fire darted to earth (on form, here & Psalm 73:9 below, as intensive, of rapid motion, compare Thes Ew§ 138 b Köi. 415);]
אֵשׁ לְפָנָיו תֵּלֵךְ Psalm 97:3; of torches, in figure of violent breathing of crocodile
לַפִּידִים מִפִּיו יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ [
H1980 Job 41:11 [Job 41:19]]; of sword
אַחֲרַיִךְ תֵּ֫לֶךְ חָ֑רֶב Jeremiah 48:2,
[H1980 of arrow בָּרָק Job 20:25 drawn from a wound; of pestilence דֶּבֶר (personified) Psalm 91:6]
(
בָּאֹפֶל),
Habakkuk 3:5 (
לְפָנָיו);
[H1980 of fame שָׁמְעוֺ הוֺלֵךְ בְּכָלהַֿמְּדִינוֺת Esther 9:4; of the tongue (bad sense) וּלְשׁוֺנָם תִּהֲלַךְ בָּאָרֶץ Psalm 73:9 (compare Exodus 9:23 above; || פִּיהֶם בַשָׁמַיִם שַׁתּוּ); of sound of trumpet Exodus 19:19 (Participle compare under 4d); of letters אִגְּרוֺת Nehemiah 6:17 (followed by עַל, unto); of dew טַל, || עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר) simile of Israel's חסֶד Hosea 6:4; compare Hosea 13:3 like dew that passeth away;]
so of
עָנָן Job 7:9 עָנָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְכָּלָה;
[H1980 of rain הַגֶּשֶׁם חָלַף הָלַךְ לוֺ Songs 2:11 the rain is over, it hath taken itself away; of ark of ) י׳אֲרוֺן י׳ 1 Samuel 6:8 depart (compare also 5d); of shadow on dial go forward 2 Kings 20:9]
(opposed to
שׁוּב; ||
נָטָה [
H5186 2 Kings 20:10] &
יַרַד [
H3381 Isaiah 38:8]);
grow, of wicked under figure of tress,
פֶּ֑רִי גַּםעָֿשׂוּ יֵלְכוּ Jeremiah 12:2; compare
יֵלְכוּ יוֺנְקוֺתָיו Hosea 14:6 his branches shall spread, said of Israel under figure of tree; of name (= fame)
2 Chronicles 26:8 (followed by
עַדלְֿבֹא מִעצרַיִם); also of a thing that does not actually move;
וְהָלַךְ הַגְּבוּל אֶל [
H1980 Joshua 17:7]
and the boundary went unto etc., compare
Joshua 16:8 (followed by
מִן &
ָ ה locative); — in
2 Kings 13:21 and it (the dead body)
went i.e. was let down into the grave, read
וַיֵּלְכוּ for
וַיֵּלֶךְ Th Klo,
and they went away.
†4. a.- b. (1-2) c. (1) α.- γ. (2-6) d. see H1980
5. In combination with other verbal forms:
a. followed by infinitive of purpose (with
לְ)
[H1980 Genesis 25:22; Genesis 31:19; Genesis 37:25 (all J E) Numbers 14:38 (P) Numbers 24:1 (JE), Judges 8:1; Judges 9:8, 9, 11, 13 + often;]
especially
לִקְרַאת הּ׳ go to meet Joshua 9:11 (JE),
2 Samuel 19:16 [
2 Samuel 19:15];
1 Kings 18:16 (twice in verse) +; sometimes with hostile sense
1 Samuel 23:28;
1 Kings 20:27;
2 Kings 23:29; also
לָּשּׁובּ הּ׳ go to return,
Exodus 4:21 (RV
go back), compare also
שּׁובּ לָּלֶּכֶּתּ return again Ecclesiastes 1:7;
Ecclesiastes 5:16;
לָּבּוֺֿ הּ׳ go to come (
enter etc.)
Jeremiah 41:17 compare
2 Chronicles 26:8.
b. followed by finite verb go and do so and so: Genesis 22:13; Genesis 27:14; Exodus 2:8; Exodus 4:27, 29 (all J E), Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:13; Deuteronomy 17:3; [H1980 Deuteronomy 24:2]; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; [H1980 Jeremiah 11:12] + often; וַיֵּלֶךְ וַּיָשָּׁבּ Exodus 4:18 (E),יֵלֵךְ וְיָשֹׁב Deuteronomy 20:5, Deuteronomy 20:6, Deuteronomy 20:7, Deuteronomy 20:8, וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּשׁוּבוּ Judges 21:23 compare Hosea 2:9 [Hosea 2:7]; Hosea 5:15; וַיָּבוֺא ה׳ went & came Numbers 13:26 (P), Ruth 2:3; 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Samuel 11:22; 2 Kings 4:25; notably וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַךְ 2 Kings 3:7 and he went and sent.
c. following other verbs: וַיָּקֻמוּ וַיֵּלְכוּ Genesis 22:19 (E) compare Genesis 24:10 (J) Genesis 43:8 (J) Numbers 16:25 (JE) Judges 4:9; נִסְעָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה Genesis 33:12 (J).
d. especially as result of action expressed in preceding verb, such as verb of sending, etc.: וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶתאֶֿחָיו וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ Genesis 45:24 (E) compare Joshua 1:16 (D) [H1980 1 Samuel 6:8]; Job 38:35; also יִשָּׁאֵהוּ קָדִים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ Job 27:21 an east wind shall carry him off, and he shall depart; וַיְ גָָֽרֲשֵׁהוּ וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ [H1980 Psalm 34:1] (title). (compare depart also of inanimate things 3 above)
e. in longer series: וַיֵּלֶךְ וִיִּבְרַח וַיִּמָּלֵט 1 Samuel 19:12; וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָשָׁב֗֗֗ וַיֵּשֶׁב 2 Kings 19:36 = Isaiah 37:37; compare [H1980 Numbers 24:25] (JE); וַיָּקָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּבאֹ Judges 19:10; also וַיָּקָם וַיָּבאֹ וַיֵּלֶךְ 2 Kings 10:12.
f. oft; in imperative foll by 2nd imperative or equivalent,
(1) לֵךְ קַחלִֿי Genesis 27:13 (J) go, bring me (them), compare Hosea 1:2; לְכוּ רְעוּ Genesis 29:7 (J) go, feed (them), compare Genesis 37:14; Genesis 42:19; Exodus 4:19 + (in all approximately + 57 times; only J E D in Hexateuch); but also
(2) weakened to mere introductory word (as also above passim: especially 2 Kings 3:7 etc.), go to, or come, do (let us do) so & so; לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית Genesis 31:44 come, let us make a compact, compare נַשְׁקֶה לְכָה Genesis 19:32 (where subject feminine); לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה 1 Samuel 9:9 come, and let us go, so 1 Samuel 9:10, 1 Samuel 11:14; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2, compare Zechariah 6:7 +; even לֵךְ בּאֹ וְאֶשְׁלְחָה 2 Kings 5:5 go to, come, and let me send, compare Isaiah 22:15; Isaiah 26:20; Ezekiel 3:4, Ezekiel 3:11; further Judges 19:11, Judges 19:13; 1 Samuel 9:5; 1 Kings 1:12; Psalm 34:5 [Psalm 34:11] + (in all approximately + 49 times; only J E in Hexateuch).
(3) apparently intermediate, and shewing transition from (1) to (2) are: לָךְרֵֿד Exodus 19:24; Exodus 32:7 compare Judges 18:2; לְכוּ סֻרוּ רְדוּ 1 Samuel 15:6; לֵךְ עֲלֵה מִוֶּךְ Exodus 33:1; לְכוּ וְהִתְהלְּכוּ בָּאָרֶץ Joshua 18:8 & לְכוּ בּאֹוּ אַרְצָה Genesis 47:17 [Genesis 45:17] compare 1 Samuel 22:5; 1 Kings 1:13; 2 Kings 7:9; see further לֵכְנָה שֹׁבְנָה Ruth 1:8 & שֹׁבְנָה לֵכְןָ Ruth 1:12; also 2 Samuel 3:16; 1 Kings 19:15, 20 + (in all approximately + 36 times)
II. Figurative; the most common uses follow; in most the origin in a literal meaning is evident:
†1. pass away, die; in phrases denoting or implying death (compare Arabic
هَلَكَ perish);
[H1980 וְהִנֵּה אָנֹכִּי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ בָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 (D) lo, I am going to-day the way of all the eath compare 1 Kings 2:2; perhaps also Genesis 15:2 (JE) I pass away childless, but possibly below 2 below; also 2 Samuel 12:23 I am going (אֲנִי הֹלֵךְ) to him 2 Samuel 12:23; so of mankind דּוֺרהֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4; more explicitly, הַּכֹּל הוֺלֵךְ אֶלמָֿקוֺם אֶחָ֑ד הַכֹּל הָיֶה מִן הֶעָפָר וְהַכֹּל שָׁב אֶלהֶֿעָפָר Ecclesiastes 3:20; compare Ecclesiastes 6:6; also בִּשְׁאוֺל ֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ שָׁ֑מָּה Ecclesiastes 9:10, & אֶלבֵּֿית עוֺלָמוֺ הֹלֵךְ הָאָדָם Ecclesiastes 12:5;]
compare
בְּטֶדֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי Psa 39:14 [
Psalm 39:13]
before I depart and be not; so according to some
2 Chronicles 21:20 but compare below
3a (2); once with weaker sense followed by infinitive,
חִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הוֺךֵלךְ לָמוּת [
H1980 Genesis 25:32] (J).
2. live ('walk'), in general (compare Pi. Hithp.) (usually in poetry, with modifying words): צַלְמָוֶת כִּיאֵֿלֵךְ בְּנֵיא Psalm 23:4 though I walk in a valley of deep darkness; compare Psalm 138:7 & אֵ֫לֶךְ השֶׁךְ Job 29:8 [Job 29:3]; קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ Psalm 42:10 [Psalm 42:9]; חֲשֵׁכִים ה׳ [H1980 Isaiah 50:10], see also Ezekiel 3:14; perhaps also [H1980 Genesis 15:2] compare 1 above; יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחָֿ֑יִל Psalm 84:8 [Psalm 84:7] they go from strength to strength; יֵלֶךְ בֶּטַח הוֺלֵךְ בַּתֹּם Proverbs 10:9; especially
3. of moral and religious life; יְיַשֶּׁרלָֿ֑כֶת Proverbs 15:21 he maketh straight to walk (walketh straight, upright); particularly
a. walk in (בְּ) ways (counsels, statutes, etc.),
(1) in good sense:
(α) בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים ה׳ [H1980 Psalm 101:6], compare Isaiah 30:21; Jeremiah 6:16; 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27;
(
β) in (
בְּ) ways of
י׳ especially D:
Deuteronomy 8:6 (||
לְיִרְאָה אֹתוֺ) compare
Deuteronomy 10:12;
Deuteronomy 11:22 (||
'לְאַהֲבָה אֶתיֿ etc.), [
H1980 Deuteronomy 28:9] (||
'שָׁמַר מִצְוֺת י); see also
Deuteronomy 13:14 [
Deu 13:13] +;
[H1980 1 Kings 11:33 (followed by לַעֲשׂוֺת), 1 Kings 11:38 (followed by וְעָשִׂיתָ) 2 Kings 21:22; Psalm 119:3; Psalm 128:1; בְּאֹרְחֹתָיו Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; further (followed by דֶּרֶךְ) Judges 2:17;]
(γ) † in commandments of י׳ [H1980 2 Chronicles 17:4];
(δ) in his law(s) (תּוֺרָה) [H8451 Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:14] (J) 2 Kings 10:31; [H1980 Jeremiah 9:12 [Jeremiah 9:13]; Jeremiah 44:23] (+ בְּחֻקֹּת & בְּעֵדְוֺת), 2 Chronicles 6:16; Daniel 9:10, compare Nehemiah 10:30 [Nehemiah 10:29] (of אֱלֹהִים);
(
ε) † in his ordinances, statutes (
חֻקּוֺת)
Leviticus 26:3;
1 Kings 6:12
[H1980 Jeremiah 44:10, 23 (see above), Ezekiel 5:6, 7];
Ezekiel 11:20;
[H1980 Ezekiel 18:9, 17; Ezekiel 20:13, 16],
Ezekiel 20:19,
[H1980 Ezekiel 20:21, compare בְּחֻקּוֺת חַיִּים Ezekiel 33:15];
also
בְּחֻקֵּי 1 Kings 8:61; [
H1980 Ezekiel 11:12];
Ezekiel 36:27;
(ζ) † in his judgments (מִשְׁמָּטִים) Psalm 89:31 [Psalm 89:30]; Ezekiel 37:24;
(η) † in ordinances of David 1 Kings 3:3, compare also below;
(
θ) in way(s) of good man
[H1980 1 Samuel 8:3, 5; 2 Chronicles 21:12, of David 2 Chronicles 11:17];
34:2, of David &
Solomon [
H1980 2 Chronicles 17:3].
(2) in bad sense,
(
α) in (evil) ways with
[H1980 בְּ 2 Kings 21:21; Ezekiel 16:47; Ezekiel 23:31; 2 Chronicles 22:3];
compare also (probably)
2 Chronicles 21:20 חֶמְדָּה וַיֵּלֶךְ בְּלאֹ and he lived undesirably (compare
Kmp Öttli); > others
he departed (died)
unregretted, so AV RV;
(β) followed by accusative 2 Kings 21:21; Jeremiah 18:15 (נְתִיבוֺת ה׳);
(γ) with adverb. accusative פֶּה עִקְּשׁוּת הּוֺלֵךְ [H1980 Proverbs 6:12] one walking in perversity (falseness) of mouth (compare צְדָקוֺת [H1980 Isaiah 33:15]);
(δ) in (בְּ)ordinances, statutes (חֻקּוֺת) of bad men Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23 (both H) 2 Kings 17:8, 2 Kings 17:19; Ezekiel 20:18 (בְּחוּקֵּי).
b. walk with (
אֶת,
עִם) i.e. associate, be familiar with:
בְּשָׁלוֺם אִתִּי 'וּבְמִישׁוֺר ה [
H1980 Malachi 2:6]
in peace and uprightness he walked with me (
י׳);
הַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִםאֲֿלֹהֶיךָ Micah 6:8;
[H1980 but also of people at variance with י׳ וַהֲלְכְתֶּם עִמִּי קֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:23 compare Leviticus 26:27; Leviticus 26:40; & of י׳ at variance with people וְהָלַכְתִּי ֗֗֗ עִמָּכֶם בְּקֶ֑רִי Leviticus 26:24 compare Leviticus 26:28 (all H); with men, אֶתהֲּֿכָמִים Proverbs 13:20];
עִם אַנְשֵׁי רֶשַׁע Job 34:8; compare
walk with (
עִם)
vanity [
H1980 Job 31:5].
c. walk before י׳ (
לִפְנֵי י׳; with
בֶּאֱמֶת,
בְּכָללִֿבָּם etc.)
1 Kings 2:4;
[H1980 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Kings 8:23, 25];
1 Kings 9:4;
2 Chronicles 6:16;
2 Chronicles 7:17
[H1980 compare קְדֹרַנִּית מִמְּנֵי י׳ ה׳ Malachi 3:14; walk before the living (i.e. walk aright before them) Ecclesiastes 6:8].
d. walk, go, after (אַהֲּדֵי)
(1) י׳ Deuteronomy 13:5; [H1980 1 Kings 14:8]; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 11:10 +;
(2) other gods, Judges 2:12 especially D: [H1980 Deuteronomy 4:3]; Deuteronomy 6:14; [H1980 Deuteronomy 8:19]; Deuteronomy 13:3 [Deuteronomy 13:2]; Deuteronomy 28:14; [H1980 Jeremiah 2:23]; Jeremiah 7:6; [H1980 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 11:10]; Jeremiah 16:11; Jeremiah 25:6 +; compare go & serve other gods [H1980 Joshua 23:16]; Deuteronomy 13:7 [Deuteronomy 13:6]; Deuteronomy 13:14 [Deuteronomy 13:13]; Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 29:17 [Deuteronomy 29:18] (compare Deuteronomy 28:14 above);
(3) things which do not profit [H1980 Jeremiah 2:8];
(4) vanity [H1980 Hosea 5:11 (reading שָׁוְא compare VB); see also Amos 2:4].
e. walk in
(1) one's integrity, etc.,
בְּתֻמִּי Psalm 26:11; compare [
H1980 Psalm 84:12 [Psalm 84:11]];
Proverbs 10:9,
[H1980 see also תָּמִים ה׳ Psalm 15:2, הֹלְכֵי תֹם Proverbs 2:7];
(2) bad sense, in (בְּ) sin 1 Kings 15:3, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:34; 1 Kings 16:2, 1 Kings 16:26; [H1980 2 Kings 13:6, 11] + (especially of wicked kings); (evil) counsel 2 Chronicles 22:5 compare [H1980 Psalm 1:1].
f. (1) (α-β) (2) 4. see H1980
†
Niph. †
Pi. and †
Hithp. see
H1980
†
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺלִיךְ (as if from
ילך, i.e. a verb
פו֞, compare references below
Qal Imperfect above.)
2 Kings 24:15; suffix
הוֺלִיכְךָ Deuteronomy 8:2,
וְהוֺלִיכוֺ consecutive
Proverbs 16:29, etc.;
Imperfect יוֺלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 10:20,
יוֺלִךְ Jeremiah 32:5; jussive
יוֺלֵךְ Deuteronomy 28:36;
שֶׁיֹּלֵךְ Ecclesiastes 5:14 [
Ecclesiastes 5:15];
וַיּוֺ֫לֶךְ Exodus 14:21 וַיֹּ֫לֶךְ 2 Kings 6:19 +
2 times;
וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ Lamentations 3:2; suffix
וִיּוֺלִכֵּ נִי Ezekiel 40:24;
Ezekiel 43:1;
Ezekiel 47:6;
1st person singular אוֺלִיךְ 2 Samuel 13:13;
Ezekiel 32:14, cohortative
וְאוֺלִיכָה 2 Kings 6:19,
וָאוֺלֵךְ Amos 2:10 +
3 times, etc.;
Imperative הוֺלֵךְ Numbers 17:11 [
Numbers 16:46]; feminine singular
הֵילִיכִי Exodus 2:9 (Bö
ii. 461, § 1103; but read probably
הוֺלִיכִי Ol
§ 256, b Ges
§ 69, 2, R 8); masculine plural
הֹלִיכוּ 2 Kings 17:27;
Infinitive suffix
לְהֹלִיכוֺ 2 Chronicles 36:6;
Participle מוֺלִיךְ Jeremiah 2:6 +
4 times; suffix
מוֺלִיכְךָ Deuteronomy 8:15,
מוֺלִכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:17;
מוֺלִיכָם Isaiah 63:13; feminine plural
מוֺלִכוֺת Zechariah 5:10;
1. lead, bring: followed by accusative usually of person;
a. with בְּ of space or region through which, Deuteronomy 8:15 (Israel in wilderness) Jeremiah 2:6; Psalm 136:16, so also Isaiah 48:21; בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ Jeremiah 2:17; compare Joshua 24:3 (E), Isaiah 63:13; Psalm 106:9; also figurative Isaiah 42:16 and I will lead (the) blind in a way (בְּדֶרֶךְ) they know not;
b. with accusative of person, בְּ of space + accusative of time וָאוֺלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה בַּמִּדְבָּר Deuteronomy 29:4 [Deuteronomy 29:5]; so Amos 2:10 (followed by infinitive of purpose with לְ).
c. followed by accusative of person + accusative of way, road, Deuteronomy 8:2, compare דֶּרֶךְ הַדָּרוֺם Ezekiel 40:24 (accusative of direction).
d. followed by accusative of person + accusative of place or condition to which אֶתנְֿשֵׁי הַמֶּלֶךְ ֗֗֗הוֺלִיךְ גּוֺלָה 2 Kings 24:15 the women of the king, etc., he led into exile (מִירוּשָׁלְם בָבֶ֑לָה); so also, of exile וְהוֺלַכְּתִּיהָ הַמִּדְבָּר Hosea 2:16 [Hosea 2:14]; בָּבֶל Jeremiah 32:5; compare of Yahweh's chastisement, Lamentations 3:2 me hath he driven and brought, into darkness and not into light; followed by accusative of person + אֶלגֿוֺי ׃אל etc. Deuteronomy 28:36 (of exile); אֶלנַֿחֲלֵימַֿיִם Jeremiah 31:9; אֶלהַֿשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 43:1; אֶלהָֿעֵדָה Numbers 17:11 [Numbers 16:46] (P; implicit object being censer); אֶל of person 2 Kings 6:19; Jeremiah 52:26, עַל in || 2 Kings 25:20; עַל also 1 Kings 1:38 וַיֹּלִכוּ אֹתוֺ עַלגִּֿיחוֺן (see below עַל 7c β).
e. followed by accusative of person + ָ ה locative: שֹׁמְרֹ֫נָה 2 Kings 6:19; בָּבֶּ֫לָה 2 Chronicles 33:11; 2 Chronicles 36:6 (compare 2 Kings 24:15 above); compare שָׁ֫מָּה 2 Kings 17:27.
2. lead away followed by accusative of person + apposition; מוֺלִיךְ יוֺעֲצִים שׁוֺלָ֑ל Job 12:17 he (י׳) leadeth away counsellors despoiled compare Job 12:19; of Yahweh's judgment on the wicked Psalm 125:5 י׳ will lead them away with (אֶת) the workers of iniquity.
3. carry, bring: with object helpless, or inanimate:
a. + accusative of location, Josiah to Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַם) 2 Chronicles 35:24 (וַיְבִיאֻהוּ in || 2 Kings 23:30 [2 Kings 23:29] ); compare Zechariah 5:10 whither are these carrying the ephah? אֶת־חֶרְפָּתִי אוֺלִיךְ אָ֫נָה 2 Samuel 13:13.
b. carry, take, take away, חֵילִיכִי אֶתהַֿיֶּלֶד Exodus 2:9 (E; on form compare above); also carry away בְּיָדוֺ, in his hand, Ecclesiastes 5:14 [Ecclesiastes 5:15]; of the spread of a careless speech Ecclesiastes 10:20 fowl of the heavens shall carry the voice (|| בַּעַל ה֯כְּנָפַיִם יַגֵּיד דָּבָר).
4. figurative, of influence on character: with accusative of person + בְּ into: Proverbs 16:29 and he will lead him into a way that is not good (i.e. sinful).
5.
a. cause to walk, go, men (i.e. עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל) on (עַל) the mountains of Israel Ezekiel 36:12 (|| וִירֵשׁוּךָ, וְהָיִיתָ לָהֶם לְנַחֲלָה); compare וָאוֺלֵךְ אֶתְכֶם קוֺמֲמִיּוּת Leviticus 26:13 and I caused you to walk upright (figurative; opposed to being bowed down by a yoke); Isaiah 63:12 that caused his glorious arm to go at (לְ) the right hand of Moses.
b. cause to flow, run Ezekiel 32:14 and rivers like oil will I cause to flow.
c. cause to depart, retire, go back, י׳, the sea, Exodus 14:21 (בְּ instrumental, בְּרוּחַ קָדִים).
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Genesis
3:14; 3:14; 7:18; 7:18; 9:23; 11:31; 12:1; 12:4; 12:5; 13:3; 16:8; 18:22; 18:33; 19:32; 19:32; 22:2; 22:2; 22:3; 22:5; 22:6; 22:8; 22:13; 22:19; 22:19; 24:4; 24:5; 24:8; 24:10; 24:10; 24:38; 24:39; 24:39; 24:56; 24:61; 24:61; 26:1; 26:16; 26:31; 26:31; 27:5; 27:9; 27:13; 27:14; 28:2; 28:5; 28:7; 28:10; 28:15; 29:1; 29:1; 29:7; 30:25; 31:44; 32:17; 33:12; 33:12; 36:6; 37:14; 37:17; 37:20; 41:55; 42:19; 42:26; 42:38; 43:8; 45:17; 45:24; 45:28
Exodus
2:8; 2:9; 2:9; 3:11; 3:18; 3:21; 3:21; 4:18; 4:18; 4:19; 4:21; 4:27; 4:29; 5:3; 5:4; 5:7; 8:27; 8:27; 10:9; 10:24; 10:26; 12:28; 13:21; 14:19; 14:21; 14:21; 15:22; 18:27; 19:10; 19:24; 23:23; 32:1; 32:7; 32:23; 32:34; 33:1; 33:14; 34:9; 34:9
Leviticus
18:3; 19:16; 20:23; 26:3; 26:13
Numbers
13:26; 16:25; 16:25; 16:46; 16:46; 20:17; 21:22; 22:6; 22:11; 22:17; 22:23; 23:7; 23:13; 32:39; 33:8
Deuteronomy
1:19; 1:19; 2:27; 6:7; 6:7; 6:14; 6:14; 8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:15; 8:15; 10:12; 11:19; 11:19; 11:22; 13:2; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 13:13; 13:13; 17:3; 17:3; 20:5; 20:6; 20:7; 20:8; 28:14; 28:14; 28:36; 28:36; 28:41; 29:5; 29:18
Joshua
1:7; 1:9; 1:16; 2:16; 2:16; 4:18; 5:6; 5:6; 8:9; 8:13; 9:11; 16:8; 18:8; 22:4; 22:9; 22:9; 24:3
Judges
1:10; 1:26; 2:12; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 4:9; 5:6; 5:6; 7:4; 7:4; 9:1; 9:1; 9:10; 11:16; 11:18; 11:40; 18:2; 18:6; 18:6; 18:26; 19:5; 19:10; 19:11; 19:13; 19:13; 19:17; 19:18; 20:8; 21:23
Ruth
1:8; 1:8; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 2:3; 2:11
1 Samuel
1:17; 1:18; 9:5; 9:6; 9:9; 9:9; 9:10; 9:10; 10:26; 11:14; 11:14; 11:15; 14:6; 15:6; 15:27; 15:32; 15:34; 16:13; 17:39; 17:44; 19:12; 19:22; 20:42; 22:5; 22:5; 23:5; 23:16; 23:16; 23:28; 25:42; 26:11; 26:12; 26:25; 28:22; 29:7; 30:22
2 Samuel
2:29; 2:32; 3:16; 3:21; 3:22; 3:23; 4:7; 11:22; 13:7; 13:8; 13:13; 13:13; 14:23; 15:9; 15:9; 15:20; 17:18; 17:21; 19:15; 19:26
1 Kings
1:12; 1:13; 1:38; 2:4; 2:8; 2:8; 2:26; 3:3; 3:4; 6:12; 8:36; 8:61; 8:66; 8:66; 9:4; 10:13; 11:24; 12:1; 12:16; 12:30; 13:17; 14:4; 14:12; 15:3; 15:26; 15:34; 16:2; 16:26; 18:16; 18:35; 18:45; 18:45; 19:3; 19:8; 19:15; 19:19; 19:20; 20:27; 20:36; 20:43; 22:6; 22:15; 22:49
2 Kings
3:7; 3:7; 4:24; 4:25; 4:35; 4:35; 5:5; 5:12; 5:19; 6:2; 6:19; 6:19; 6:19; 6:19; 6:22; 6:23; 7:9; 7:15; 7:15; 9:1; 9:16; 9:18; 10:12; 10:25; 10:31; 13:21; 17:8; 17:19; 17:27; 17:27; 19:36; 21:21; 22:14; 23:29; 23:29; 24:15; 24:15; 24:15; 25:20
1 Chronicles
4:39; 11:4; 16:43
2 Chronicles
1:3; 6:16; 6:16; 6:27; 7:17; 8:3; 10:1; 10:16; 18:5; 18:14; 20:36; 20:37; 21:20; 21:20; 22:5; 22:5; 25:11; 26:8; 26:8; 26:8; 30:6; 30:6; 33:11; 34:2; 34:22; 35:24; 36:6; 36:6
Ezra
8:31; 10:6
Nehemiah
10:29
Job
7:9; 12:17; 12:19; 19:10; 27:21; 27:21; 29:3; 34:8; 38:35; 38:35
Psalms
23:4; 26:11; 34:11; 39:13; 42:9; 80:2; 84:7; 89:30; 89:30; 97:3; 97:3; 106:9; 122:1; 125:5; 136:16; 138:7; 139:7
Proverbs
4:12; 10:9; 10:9; 15:21; 15:21; 16:29; 16:29; 30:29; 30:30; 30:31
Ecclesiastes
1:7; 1:7; 1:7; 5:1; 5:1; 5:15; 5:15; 5:15; 5:16; 7:2; 10:20; 10:20
Song of Songs
2:10; 2:13; 4:6
Isaiah
2:3; 2:3; 3:16; 22:15; 26:20; 30:21; 33:21; 37:37; 40:31; 42:16; 45:2; 48:17; 48:21; 52:12; 52:12; 52:12; 55:1; 55:1; 55:3; 63:12; 63:13; 63:13
Jeremiah
1:7; 2:2; 2:6; 2:6; 2:17; 2:17; 6:16; 7:6; 9:2; 12:2; 13:4; 13:6; 13:7; 16:11; 18:15; 20:6; 22:22; 25:6; 30:16; 31:9; 32:5; 32:5; 37:12; 40:4; 41:14; 41:17; 45:5; 46:22; 48:2; 51:9; 52:7; 52:26
Lamentations
3:2; 3:2; 4:18
Ezekiel
1:9; 1:9; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:17; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 1:20; 1:21; 1:21; 1:24; 3:4; 3:11; 3:14; 7:17; 10:11; 10:16; 11:20; 20:18; 20:19; 21:7; 30:17; 30:18; 32:14; 32:14; 36:12; 36:27; 37:24; 40:24; 40:24; 43:1; 43:1; 47:6
Daniel
9:10
Hosea
1:2; 2:7; 2:14; 5:6; 5:15; 11:10; 14:3
Joel
2:7; 2:8; 3:18
Amos
2:7; 2:10; 2:10; 3:3; 9:4
Jonah
3:3
Micah
1:8; 2:3; 4:2; 4:2; 6:8; 6:8
Habakkuk
3:5
Zechariah
5:10; 5:10; 6:7; 6:7