ha.li.khah denotes going or a course of movement, and can describe a person's conduct or enduring ways.

The attested construct-plural forms most often occur in contexts of travel or ordered movement, while other verses use the term for “ways” or household conduct. Its precise contribution in the verse about opened river gates is not isolated by the translation.

1. Going, travel, or ordered movement · dominant

   In Job 6:19, the construct-plural form occurs in a verse about caravans looking for water and travelers waiting for it; in Psalm 68:25, it occurs where singers go before and musicians follow. Nahum 2:6 contains two construct forms in the scene of opened river gates and a melting temple, though the APB does not isolate their specific contribution there.

   Job 6:19Psalm 68:25Nahum 2:6
2. Ways or manner of conduct · common

   In Habakkuk 3:6, the construct-plural form stands in the clause the APB renders “his ways are everlasting,” alongside the scattering of mountains and bowing of hills. In Proverbs 31:27, it occurs in the statement that she watches over the conduct of her household rather than eating the bread of sluggishness.

   Habakkuk 3:6Proverbs 31:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with travel, a musical procession, “ways,” and household “conduct.” Its wording does not identify a precise English equivalent for the term in every occurrence, especially Nahum 2:6.