דרש

See also: ד־ר־ש

Aramaic

Verb

דְּרַשׁ • (dəraš)

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

Related terms

• אִידְּרִישׁ

Hebrew

Root
ד־ר־שׁ (d-r-sh)

Verb

דָּרַשׁ • (darásh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִדְרַשׁ)

1. demand
2. require, need
3. seek, search for
   • Tanach, 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. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Related terms

• מִדְרָשׁ
• דְּרִישָׁה

Further reading

• H1875 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible