הֲלִיכָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1979
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
a going tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
הֲלִיכָה: n.f. going, way, travelling-company tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. a going, way, travelling-company, sf. הֲלִיכָתָם Na 2:6 Qr (הלוכתם Kt); elsewhere only pl., cstr. הֲלִיכוֹת ψ 68:25, so Pr 31:27 Qr (הילכות Kt), הֲלִכוֹת Hb 3:6, הֲלִיכֹת Jb 6:19; sf. הֲלִיכוֹתֶיךָ ψ 68:25;— going, walk, Na 2:6 they shall stumble in their going; elsewhere pl. goings: ψ 68:25(×2) of going, marching, progress of God into the sanctuary (בַּקֹּדֶשׁ; so Hup Pe Che; Ew Hi De in holiness) ref. either to solemn processions of worshippers (e.g. De) or, perhaps better, to the theophanic progress of God himself (e.g. Che); also of goings = doings צוֹפִיָּה ה׳ בֵּיתָהּ Pr 31:27 watching the doings of her household; of God Hb 3:6 הֲלִכוֹת עוֹלָם לוֹ ways of eternity (al. of old) are his. travelling-company, caravan הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא Jb 6:19 (‖ אָרְחוֹת תֵּמָא).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: going (1); goings (1); processions (1).
In the verses
הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃
Word for word: they.look the.caravans of.Tema the.caravans of.Sheba they.wait.eagerly for them
JPS 1917: The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —
צ֭וֹפִיָּה הֲלִיכ֣וֹת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְלֶ֥חֶם עַ֝צְל֗וּת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵֽל׃
Word for word: [she.is].watching.over the.goings her.household her and.[the] bread of.laziness not she.eats
JPS 1917: She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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