מַהְלֵךְ
mah.lekh
path
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the Strong's number H4109 and its Hebrew definition "path", the word'mah.lekh' refers to a route or way a person or entity travels. The short definition directly indicates its association with Movement & Travel, the Semantic domain. It appears a total of 5 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance in the narrative and context in which it is used. The usage of'mah.lekh' likely extends to various aspects of life, such as literal paths or roads, spiritual journeys, or even metaphorical pathways. Since the data does not provide more specific information about its usage, it is necessary to examine the passages in which'mah.lekh' appears to understand its full range of meaning. Its significance lies in its capacity to describe movement and travel in different contexts. For now, it is clear that'mah.lekh' is a term related to paths and travel, with an unspecified range of usage and significance that warrants further investigation.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
5 total occurrences across the text
The king said to me (the queen was also sitting by him), “How long will your journey be? When will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time for him.
Ezekiel 42:4Before the rooms was a walk of ten cubits’ width inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
Jonah 3:3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
Jonah 3:4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
Zechariah 3:7“Yahweh of Armies says: ‘If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.