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Job 19:8

“He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֹרַחʼôrach · o'-rakh
H734 · Hebrew

Definition: a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Derivation: from H732 (אָרַח);
KJV renderings: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
Grammar: אָרְחִ֣ — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcbsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 60 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:11 Genesis 49:17 Judges 5:6 Judges 5:6 Job 6:18

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 אֹרַח here.

Verse 7 Verse 9

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.