דָּרַךְ

vb. tread, march (Aramaic דְּרַךְ, ܕܪܶܟ NH Hiph. lead, conduct; Arabic iv. ادرك reach, overtake; Ethiopic ደረከ be rough, severe (from calcavit, Di); መድረክ threshold, vestibule)— Pf. 3 ms. דָּרַךְ Nu 24:17 + 6 times; 3 fs. דָּרְֽכָה Jos 14:9; 2 ms. דָּרַכְתָּ Hb 3:15; 1 s. דָּרַכְתִּי Is 63:3 Zc 9:13; pl. דָּֽרְכוּ Jb 22:15 + 3 times; Impf. 3 ms. יִדְרֹךְ Mi 5:4 + 6 times + ידרך Je 51:3 (כתיב ולא קוי); 3 fs. תִּדְרֹךְ Dt 11:24 Jos 1:3; 2 ms. תִּדְרֹךְ Dt 33:29 + 2 times; 2 fs. תִּדְרְכִי Ju 5:21; 1 s. sf. וְאֶדְרְכֵם Is 63:3; 3 mpl. יִדְרְכוּ 1 S 5:5, יִדְרְכוּן ψ 11:2, וַיִּדְרְכוּ Ju 9:27; 2 mpl. תִּדְרְכוּ Dt 11:25; Pt. act. דֹּרֵךְ Am 4:13 + 5 times; דּוֹרֵךְ Jb 9:8; דֹּרְכִים Je 25:30 Ne 13:15; דֹּרְכֵי Je 46:9 + 5 times; pass. f. דְּרוּכָה Is 21:15; דְּרֻכוֹת 5:28;— tread, march, march forth, abs., תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז Ju 5:21; cf. דָּרַךְ כּוֹכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב Nu 24:17 (poem) a star hath marched forth from Jacob. tread upon (land), sq. בְּ Dt 1:36; 11:25 (subj. pers.), Jos 14:9 (subj. רֶגֶל) cf. Dt 11:24 = Jos 1:3 (subj. כַּף רַגְלְכֶם); tread in a path, sq. בְּ Is 59:8 (fig. of mode of life); tread in (on) the sea, sq. בְּ Hb 3:15 (but text dub. cf. VB); of an invader יִדְרֹךְ בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵינוּ Mi 5:4 (‖ יָבוֹא בְּאַרְצֵנוּ); יִד׳ בִּגְבוּלֵינוּ v 5 (‖ id.); sq. עַל 1 S 5:5 (עַל־מִפְתַּן דָּגוֹן); ψ 91:13 (עַל־שַׁחַל וָפֶתֶן); especially (poet.) עַל־בָּמֳו֯תֵי אֶרֶץ Mi 1:3, of י׳, so Am 4:13, & (עַל־בָּמֳתֵי יָ֑ם) Jb 9:8; of Isr. treading on heights of enemies, i.e. subduing them Dt 33:29. Once sq. acc. (אֲשֶׁר ref. אֹרַח) Jb 22:15. In technical senses tread wine- (or oil-) press, sq. acc. יְקָבִים Jb 24:11 (‖ יַצְהִירוּ), גִּתּוֹת Ne 13:15; sq. acc. of thing pressed ד׳עֲנָבִים Am 9:13; also of product תִּדְרֹךְ־זַיִת … וְתִירוֹשׁ Mi 6:15; יַיִן בַּיְקָבִים לֹא יִדְרֹךְ הַדֹּרֵךְ Is 16:10; sq. בְּגַת Is 63:2 (in sim.); abs. Je 25:30 (sim.) 48:33; fig. of judgment Is 63:3 sq. acc. פּוּרָה winepress, subj. י׳, cf. v וְאֶדְרְכֵם בְּאַפִּי (‖ רמס) i.e. tread them down; so גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת בַּת־יְהוּדָה La 1:15. tread (i.e. bend) the bow, sq. acc. קֶשֶׁת Je 51:3 (אֶל־יִדְרֹךְ יד֯רך הַדֹּרֵךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ); fig. of assaults of wicked ψ 11:2; 37:14, of judgments of י׳ ψ 7:13 La 2:4; 3:12; also fig. of Judah as bow in hand of י׳, כִּי דָרַכְתִּי לִי יְהוּדָה Zc 9:13 (‖ קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי אֶפְרַיִם); twice in like meaning c. obj. חֵץ arrow ψ 58:8 (but on text cf. Checrit. n.) 64:4; דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת = bow-benders, archers 46:9 Je 50:14, 29 1 Ch 5:18; 8:40 2 Ch 14:7; קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה bent bow Is 21:15, קַשְׁתֹֿתָיו דְּרֻכוֹת 5:28. Pf. וְהִדְרִיךְ Is 11:15; sf. הִדְרִיכָהּ Je 51:33 (where many Inf. cstr.). cf. RSJ Ph. xvi. (1888) 72; 1 s. sf. הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Pr 4:11; 3 pl. sf. הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ Ju 20:43, הִדְרִיכוּהוּ Jb 28:8; Impf. יַדְרֵךְ ψ 25:9; sf. יַדְרִכֵנִי Hb 3:19; וַיַּדְרִיכֵם ψ 107:7; 1 s. sf. אַדְרִיכֵם Is 42:16; וַיַּדְרְכוּ Je 9:2 (cf. Ges§ 53 n); Imv. ms. sf. הַדְרִיכֵנִי ψ 25:5; 119:35; Inf. cstr. v. supr.; Pt. sf. מַדְרִיכְךָ Is 48:17;— tread, tread down, of treading down enemy in battle Ju 20:43; of treading a path Jb 28:8; levelling threshing-floor Je 51:33 (all sq. sf.). tread (bend) the bow (= Qal 4), only fig. וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶת־לְשׁוֹנָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר Je 9:2 and they have bent their tongue as their bow in falsehood. causat. cause to tread or march, lead, returning exiles Is 11:15 (subj. י׳; no obj. expressed); cf. וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה ψ 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; v. also Is 42:16 (‖ הוֹלִיךְ); with a moral application הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵי־ישֶׁר Pr 4:11; cf. ψ 119:35 הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֹתֶיךָ lead me in the path of thy commandments; ψ 25:5 בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ (‖ לַמְּדֵנִי) cf. v 9 בַּמִּשְׁפָּט (‖ יְלַמֵּד דַּרְכּוֹ) Is 48:17 בְּדֶרֶךְ תֵּלֵךְ (‖ מְלַמֶּדְךָ לְהוֹעִל); once of giving security & truimph עַל־בָּמוֹתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי Hb 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (cf. Qal 2).