דרש

דרש

See also: ד־ר־ש‎

Aramaic

Verb

דְּרַשׁ • (transliteration needed)

1. to study
2. to argue, to dispute
3. to converse, to discuss
4. to exercise, to train

Related terms

• אִידְּרִישׁ‎

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Hebrew

Root
ד־ר־שׁ‎

Verb

דָּרַשׁ • (darásh) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִדְרַשׁ‎)

1. demand
2. require, need
3. seek, search for
   • Genesis 25:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה׃‎‎

     vayitrots'tsú habaním b'kirbáh vatómer 'im-kén láma zé 'anokhí vatélekh lidrósh 'et-YHVH.
     wayyiṯrōṣəṣū habbānīm bəqirbāh wattṓmer ʾim-kēn lā́mmā ze ʾānōḵī wattḗleḵ liḏrōš ʾeṯ-YHWH.

     And the children struggled together within her; and she said: ‘If it be so, wherefore do I live?’ And she went to inquire of the LORD.

4. interpret homiletically
5. preach, sermonize

Conjugation

Conjugation of דָּרַשׁ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לדרוש \\ לִדְרֹשׁ‎ action noun: דְּרִישָׁה‎ passive participle: דָּרוּשׁ‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	דָּרַשְׁתִּי‎		דָּרַשְׁנוּ‎
	second	דָּרַשְׁתָּ‎	דָּרַשְׁתְּ‎	דְּרַשְׁתֶּם‎1	דְּרַשְׁתֶּן‎1
	third	דָּרַשׁ	דָּרְשָׁה‎	דָּרְשׁוּ‎
present		דּוֹרֵשׁ‎	דּוֹרֶשֶׁת‎	דּוֹרְשִׁים‎	דּוֹרְשׁוֹת‎
future	first	אדרוש \\ אֶדְרֹשׁ‎		נדרוש \\ נִדְרֹשׁ‎
	second	תדרוש \\ תִּדְרֹשׁ‎	תִּדְרְשִׁי‎	תִּדְרְשׁוּ‎	תדרושנה \\ תִּדְרֹשְׁנָה‎2
	third	ידרוש \\ יִדְרֹשׁ‎	תדרוש \\ תִּדְרֹשׁ‎	יִדְרְשׁוּ‎	תדרושנה \\ תִּדְרֹשְׁנָה‎2
imperative		דרוש \\ דְּרֹשׁ‎	דִּרְשִׁי‎	דִּרְשׁוּ‎	דרושנה \\ דְּרֹשְׁנָה‎2
notes		Pronounced דָּרַשְׁתֶּם‎ and דָּרַשְׁתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• מִדְרָשׁ‎
• דְּרִישָׁה‎