הֲלִיכָה
hălîykâh · H1979 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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going, way
Action by which humans move forward, usually towards a specific destination
ExamplesNahum 2:5 He remembers his officers; They stumble in their advance, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up.
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going > conduct
Literally: going; hence: pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, understood as a journey through life
ExamplesProverbs 31:27 She watches over the activities of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
Habakkuk 3:6 He stood and caused the earth to shudder; He looked and caused the nations to jump. Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His paths are everlasting.
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caravan, procession
Group of people moving in a certain direction, usually in an organized fashion
ExamplesJob 6:19 “The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.
Psalm 68:24 They have seen Your procession, God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- אֵלGod, god 1
- עוֹלָםforever 1
- שְׁבָאSheba 1
- ךָyour 1
- הֶםtheir 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָוָהto look for 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- צָפָהwatchman, to watch 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- וֹhim 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- אֹרַח ʼôrach · H734 · path, road, course
- Both words share the senses of path, way and movement (הֲלִיכָה (hălîykâh, H1979): "way, walk, going"; אֹרַח (ʼôrach, H734): "way, path"), overlapping in "way."
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Move002002001012
- הֲלִיכָה denotes going or walking, the act of traveling along a path, as caravans of travelers make their way in Job's description.
- Act002002002001
- הֲלִיכָה can describe a person's ongoing conduct or activities, as the excellent wife watches over the goings-on of her household in Proverbs.
- Groups001001003004
- הֲלִיכָה also names a company or procession of people moving together, as singers and musicians form a procession in the Psalmist's description of worship.
Word family 10 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1979. halikah [הֲלִיכָה] noun feminine a going, way, travelling-company, suffix…
[הֲלִיכָה] noun feminine a going, way, travelling-company, suffix הֲלִיכָתָם Nah 2:6 Qr (הלוכתם Kt); elsewhere only plural, construct הֲלִיכוֺת Psa 68:25, so Pro 31:27 Qr (הילכות Kt), הֲלִכוֺת Hab 3:6, הֲלִיכֹת Job 6:19; suffix הֲלִיכוֺתֶיךָ Psa 68:25; —
1 going, walk,
a. Nah 2:6 they shall stumble in their going; elsewhere plural goings:
b. Psa 68:25 (twice in verse) of going, marching, progress of God into the sanctuary (בַּקֹּדֶשׁ; so Hup Pe Che; Ew Hi De in holiness reference either to solemn processions of worshippers (e.g. De) or, perhaps better, to the theophanic progress of God himself (e.g. Che); also
c. of goings = doings ׳ה בֵּיתָהּ צוֺפִיָּה Pro 31:27 watching the doings of her household; of God Hab 3:6 לוֺ עוֺלָם הֲלִכוֺת ways of eternity (al of old) are his.
2 travelling-company, caravan שְׁבָא הֲלִיכֹת Job 6:19 (|| תֵּמָא אָרְהוֺת).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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