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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

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  • אִידְּרִישׁ

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
  1. Pronounced דָּרַשְׁתֶּם and דָּרַשְׁתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

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