A Way of Affection
In a friendly manner. In a loving or affectionate way.
("Because they heard that You, O Lord, dwell among them, and eye to eye You, O Lord, are seen by them, and all is done in a way of affection, yet they did not recognize You that Your love had departed from them until now" - Rashi on Bamidbar 31, and likewise: "He placed his hand on the arm of the one walking in a way of affection and said to him, 'Now, my friend, let us go to my house and eat morning bread'" - Agnon / City and Its Fullness, 63)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
דֶּרֶךְ חִבָּה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּצוּרָה יְדִידוּתִית. בְּאֹפֶן אוֹהֵב אוֹ מְחַבֵּב.
("בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁשָּׁמְעוּ כִּי אַתָּה ה' שׁוֹכֵן בְּקִרְבָּם, וְעֵין בְּעַיִן אַתָּה ה' נִרְאֶה לָהֶם, וְהַכֹּל בְּדֶרֶךְ חִבָּה,וְלֹא הִכִּירוּ בְּךָ שֶׁנִּתְּקָה אַהֲבָתְךָ מֵהֶם עַד הֵנָּה"- רָשִׁ"י בַּמִּדְבָּר יָד יג, וְכֵן:"הִנִּיחַ יָדוֹ עַל זְרוֹעוֹ שֶׁל הַהֹלֵךְ דֶּרֶךְ חִבָּה וְאָמַר לוֹ,עַכְשָׁו יְדִידִי נֵלֵךְ לְבֵיתִי וְנֹאכַל פַּת שַׁחֲרִית"- עַגְנוֹן/ עִיר וּמְלוֹאָהּ, 63)