אֹרַח

H734. orach
אֹ֫רַח noun masculineJob 6:18 (femininePro 15:19) way, path (Assyrian ur—u COTGloss, Aramaic אֹרַח, ) — ׳א absolute Psa 19:6 +; construct Pro 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִי Job 19:8; Psa 139:3 < Infinitive construct, and || רִבְעִי (Infinitive construct of II. רבע), not דרכי, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺת Jdg 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺת Job 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑י Job 13:27; Job 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָם Joe 2:7; Pro 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Pro 2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיו Isa 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Psa 119:15 + etc.; — way, path (in Hebrew mostly poetry)
1 literal Jdg 5:6 (twice in verse) Songs of Deborah (alone = highways, opposed to ׳א עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת crooked (by- paths;) compare also נְתִיבוֺת הֹלְכֵי ib.); Isa 33:8 א ׳עֹבֵר = wayfarer (|| מְסִלּוֺת), see also Gen 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) (|| דֶּרֶךְ) & אָרְחוֺתָם הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים those who make straight their ways (|| דָרֶ֑ךְ עֹבְרֵי) Pro 9:15, א ׳בּוֺא go (tread) a path Isa 41:3; of course of locusts Joe 2:7 א יְעַבְּטוּן ׳לֹא they confuse not their paths (|| דְּרָכִים); ׳א יַמִּים paths of the seas Psa 8:9; אֹרַח רוּץ run along a path, figurative of sun Psa 19:6.
2 figurative path, way, of course & fortunes of life Job 13, 27 = Job 33:11; Job 19:8 (|| נְתִיבוֺת) Psa 139:3 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Psa 142:4 (|| נְתִיבָה) Pro 3:6 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Pro 4:18; Pro 15:19 (both || id.) Isa 26:7 (|| מַעְגָּל) so אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ דֶּרֶךְ Isa 3:12; plain or even path ׳א מִישׁוֺר Psa 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) כַּנָּשִׁים אֹרַח Gen 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) Psa 119:9. Specifically:
a. ways of ׳י, his mode of action Psa 25:10;
b. of man's righteousness, called ways of ׳י Psa 25:4 (|| דְּרָכִים) Psa 44:19; Psa 119:15 (|| מִּקּוּדִים) Isa 2:3 = Mic 4:2 (|| דְּרָכִים) compare ׳א מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ Isa 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. ׳א מִשְׁמָּט Pro 2:8 (|| דֶּרֶח) Pro 17:23; Isa 40:14 (|| דֶּרֶח), ׳א ישֶׁר Pro 2:13 (|| id.), ׳א צְדָקָה Pro 8:20 (|| נְתִיבוֺת), Pro 12:28 (|| נְתִיבָה דֶּרֶךְ); so אֹרַה alone Isa 30:11 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Pro 15:10; note especially חַיִּים אֹרַח, path of life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Psa 16:11; Pro 2:19; Pro 5:5; Pro 15:24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), also ׳א לְחַיִּים Pro 10:17 (on these compare Str Pro 14:32);
c. of wickedness, ׳א מָּרִיץ way, path of the violent Psa 17:4, compare also Pro 22:25; ׳א רְשָׁעְים Pro 4:14 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), ׳א בֹּצֵעַ Pro 1:19; followed by abstract ׳א שָׁ֑קֶר Psa 119:104, so Psa 119:128 (|| מִּקּוּדִים), also with adjective ׳א רָע Psa 119:101 compare Pro 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁים crooked) called ׳הָא עלָוֺם Job 22:15; note also ׳א אֵידָם 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 2Sa 12:4) & in plural caravans 2Sa 6:18-19, but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ 2Sam 31:32, אֹרְחוֺת 2Sa 6:18-19,.