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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Meaning

a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Word Origins

בַּדֶּרֶךְ ... מִמִּצְרָיִם is built from this root:

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