H1979 H1979
Going, procession, way; ranging from a sacred march to habitual conduct to a traveling caravan.
Halikhah captures movement in its fullest range, from the solemn march of God into His sanctuary to the everyday ways of a capable household manager. In Psalm 68:24, the processions of God are witnessed entering the holy place, a theophanic spectacle. Proverbs 31:27 uses the plural for the 'goings' or daily management of a household, while Habakkuk 3:6 speaks of God's eternal 'ways.' In Job 6:19, the caravans of Tema search desperately for water, and the word takes on a concrete, collective sense of travelers on the move.
Senses
1. procession, march — A procession or sacred march, especially the theophanic progress of God into the sanctuary. Psalm 68:24 uses the plural twice: 'They have seen your processions, O God, the processions of my God, my King, into the holy place.' Spanish procesiones and Korean haengryeol ('procession') confirm the ceremonial, public-spectacle quality. Nahum 2:5 extends this to the stumbling march of warriors. 3×
AR["(فِي-سَيْرِهِمْ)", "مَواكِبَ", "مَواكِبَكَ"]·ben["(তাদের-চলায়)", "তোমার-যাত্রাগুলো", "যাত্রাগুলো"]·DE["[(בהליכתם)]", "dein-processions", "der-processions-von"]·EN["(in-their-going)", "Your-processions", "the-processions-of"]·FR["cortège", "le-marche"]·heb["ב-הליכתם", "הליכות", "הליכותיך"]·HI["अपनी-चाल-में"]·ID["(dalam-perjalanan-mereka);", "perarakan", "perarakan-Mu"]·IT["[בהליכתם]", "corso"]·jav["(ing-lakunipun)", "arak-arakan", "arak-arakan-Panjenengan"]·KO["그들의-걸음-에서", "주-의-행렬-들-을", "행렬-들-을"]·PT["(em-seu-andar)", "as-procissões-de", "tuas-procissões"]·RU["(при-ходьбе-их)", "шествия", "шествия-Твои"]·ES["(en-andar-suyo)", "procesiones-de", "tus-procesiones"]·SW["katika-mwenendo-wao", "maandamano", "maandamano-yako"]·TR["geciitlerini", "geçişleri-", "yürüyüşlerinde-onların"]·urd["(اپنی-چال-میں)", "تیرے-جلوسوں-کو", "جلوس"]
2. ways, habits, conduct — Ways, habits, or conduct in an abstract sense. Proverbs 31:27 describes the valiant woman watching over the halikhot of her household; Habakkuk 3:6 speaks of God's everlasting ways or paths. Spanish caminos ('paths, ways') and the abstract metaphorical extension show the word moving from physical movement to habitual behavior and divine governance. 2×
AR["سُبُلُ", "سُلوكَ"]·ben["চলাফেরা", "পথগুলি-"]·DE["[הליכות]"]·EN["the-ways-of", "ways-of"]·FR["cortège", "הליכות"]·heb["הליכות"]·HI["चाल", "चाल-ढाल"]·ID["jalan-jalan"]·IT["[הליכות]", "ways-di"]·jav["marginipun", "tingkah-laku-saking"]·KO["길-들은", "일들을"]·PT["caminhos-de-", "procedimentos-de"]·RU["пути"]·ES["caminos-de", "los-caminos-de-"]·SW["mwenendo-wa", "njia"]·TR["işlerini", "yolları"]·urd["چال-کی", "چلنا"]
3. caravan, traveling company — A caravan or traveling company, a group of people journeying together. Job 6:19 pairs the caravans of Tema with the traveling companies of Sheba, both seeking water in the wilderness. Spanish viajeros ('travelers') captures the collective human sense. Arabic rukban ('riders, caravan') provides a cognate semantic parallel for this concrete, commercial meaning. 1×
AR["رُكْبانُ"]·ben["যাত্রীরা"]·DE["[הליכת]"]·EN["travelers-of"]·FR["הליכת"]·heb["הליכות"]·HI["यात्री"]·ID["rombongan-rombongan"]·IT["travelers-of"]·jav["lèlampahan"]·KO["행렬들-이"]·PT["viajantes-de"]·RU["караваны"]·ES["viajeros-de"]·SW["wasafiri-wa"]·TR["yolcuları"]·urd["مسافر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H3212 1. go, depart, travel (884×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [הֲלִיכָה] 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;— 1. going, walk, a. Na 2:6 they shall stumble in their going; elsewhere pl. goings: b. ψ 68:25(×2) of going, marching, progress of God into the sanctuary (בַּקֹּדֶשׁ; so Hup…