What does דֶּרֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb".
Hebrew · H1870, H4714
בַּדֶּרֶךְ ... מִמִּצְרָיִם
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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דֶּרֶךְ H1870 a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Pronunciation derek
Path literally walked becomes metaphor for life's moral and spiritual trajectory; covenant-defining directional term
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מִצְרַיִם H4714 Mitsrajim , i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
Pronunciation miṣĕrayim
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What does בַּדֶּרֶךְ ... מִמִּצְרָיִם (ba-derekh ... mi-Mitsrayim) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · מִצְרַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H4714?
H1870, H4714 is connected to 1,347 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Strong's H1870, H4714
Lexical occurrences 1,347 verses Source Gloss
a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בַּדֶּרֶךְ ... מִמִּצְרָיִם is built from this root:
Sources
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