ma.ha.lakh marks a course of travel measured by days or by physical dimensions.

The attested use marks a course or extent associated with travel: it is measured in days for movement to and within Nineveh and for Nehemiah's absence, and it can designate a measured way before the chambers.

1. Measured course of travel or way · dominant

   All four occurrences use a masculine singular construct noun in a context that specifies the extent of movement or access. In Jonah 3:3 and Jonah 3:4 the APB renders a city and Jonah's entry in terms of "a journey of three days" and "a one-day journey"; in Nehemiah 2:6 it renders the king's question about the time until return as "your journey." In Ezekiel 42:4 the noun occurs in the measurements before the chambers, where the APB renders a "passage" and "a one-cubit way."

   Ezekiel 42:4Jonah 3:3Jonah 3:4Nehemiah 2:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the travel contexts with "journey" and the chamber measurement with "passage" and "way." These renderings show the verses' contexts rather than a fixed English equivalent.