Job 1:4

Lexical meaning

Definition

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

Derivation

akin to H3212 (יָלַךְ); a primitive root;

KJV renderings

(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.

Grammar

• וְ — conjunction
• הָלְכ֤וּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural

Code HC/Vqp3cp

Usage

Occurs 511 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:14Genesis 3:8Genesis 5:22Genesis 5:24Genesis 6:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read הָלַךְ here.