דָּרַשׁ

vb. resort to, seek (cf. Arabic دَرَسَ rub over, efface (a site), tread (wheat), fig. read repeatedly, study; ܕܪܰܫ beat (a path), discuss, Pa. practise in; NH search out (a meaning), expound)— Pf. 1 Ch 10:14; Impf. יִדְרֹשׁ ψ 10:4 +, אֶדְרְשָׁה 1 S 28:7, נִדְרְשָׁה 1 K 22:7 +, יִדְרְשׁוּן Is 55:2; Imv. דְּרָשׁ־ 1 K 22:5 +; Inf. abs. דָּרֹשׁ Lv 10:16 Dt 23:22; cstr. דְּרֹשׁ Dt 22:2 + לִדְרָשׁ־ Ez 14:7, לְדַרְיוֹשׁ (scribal error for לִדְרוֹשׁ Ew§ 239 a Ol§ 245 g) Ezr 10:16; Pt. דֹּרֵשׁ Dt 11:12 + 10 times, דּוֹרֵשׁ 1 Ch 28:9 + 3 times; pass. דְּרוּשִׁים ψ 111:2, דְּרוּשָׁה Is 62:12; syn. בקשׁ;— (tread a place,) resort to, frequent, with religious obj., c. acc. loc. Am 5:5 2 Ch 1:5, אֶל־ loc. Dt 12:5. seek, consult, inquire of: acc. י׳, אֱלֹהִים Gn 25:22 (J) Ex 18:15 (E) 1 S 9:9 1 K 22:8 2 K 3:11; 8:8; 22:13, 18 1 Ch 15:13; 21:30 2 Ch 18:7; 34:21 ψ 24:6; 78:34 Je 21:2; 37:7 Ez 20:1, 3; the ark of God 1 Ch 13:3; word of Yahweh 1 K 22:5 (= 2 Ch 18:4) cf. 1 K 14:5; with בְּ Yahweh 1 Ch 10:14 2 Ch 34:26 Ez 14:7; his word 2 K 1:16; with אֶל, אֶל־אֵל Jb 5:8; their God Is 8:19, Messianic king Is 11:10; מֵעַל־סֵפֶר י׳ out of the book of י׳ Is 34:16 (in gloss, according to CheJQ Jan. 1892, 332); c. מֵאוֹתוֹ of a נָבִיא לי׳ 1 K 22:7 (= 2 Ch 18:6) cf. (supr.) v 8 2 K 3:11 and 1 K 14:5 (מֵעִמְּךָ). heathen gods and necromancers, הַדֹּרֵשׁ the inquirer Ez 14:10; with בְּ, בַּעֲלַת אוֹב 1 S 28:7, בָּאוֹב 1 Ch 10:13, בְּבַעַל זְבוּב 2 K 1:2, 3, 6, 16; with אֶל, אֶל־הָאֹבוֹת Is 8:19, אֶל־הַמֵּתִים Dt 18:11, אֶל־הָאֱלִילִים Is 19:3. seek deity in prayer and worship: the true God (cf. בקשׁ 3) דרשׁ י׳ Dt 4:29; Ho 10:12; Am 5:4, 6; Is 9:12; 31:1; 55:6; 58:2; 65:10; Je 10:21; 29:13; Zp 1:6; La 3:25; 1 Ch 16:11 (= ψ 105:4) 28:9; 2 Ch 12:14; 14:3, 6; 15:2, 12; 16:12; 22:9; 26:5; ψ 9:11; 22:27; 34:5, 11; 119:2, 10; דרשׁ (ה)אלהים 2 Ch 19:3; 26:5; 30:19 ψ 14:2 (= 53:3) 69:33; אֲדֹנָי ד׳ ψ 77:3; with לְ, only in Chronicler, ליהוה 1 Ch 22:19 2 Ch 15:13; 20:3 Ezr 6:21; לאלהים 2 Ch 17:4; 31:21; 34:3 Ezr 4:2; DrIntr. 503 finds in Chr weakened meaning, revere. seek heathen deities, c. acc. Je 8:2 2 Ch 25:15, 20; with לְ, Dt 12:30 2 Ch 17:3. seek, with idea of demanding, require (בקשׁ is seek, simply), with acc. lost sheep Dt 22:2 Ez 34:6, 8, 11; goat Lv 10:16(×2) (P); with אחר, after green fodder Jb 39:8. inquire, investigate, abs. Ju 6:29 Dt 13:15; 17:4, 9; 19:18; with acc. Ezr 10:16; כָּל־לְבָבוֹת דּוֹרֵשׁ י׳ all hearts Yahweh searches 1 Ch 28:9, לִדְרשׁ הַמּוֹפֵת to inquire into the wonder 2 Ch 32:31; with לְ, to inquire about 2 S 11:3 Jb 10:6; sq. עַל pers. + inf. 2 Ch 24:6 apply to the Levites to bring, etc., cf. 31:9 (עַל both pers. and rei). ask for, require, demand, c. acc. rei Ez 20:40; + מִן pers. Dt 23:22 Mi 6:8; exact, often with collat. idea of avenging, מֵעִם Dt 18:19, so with מִיַּד Ez 34:10, דָּרַשׁ דָּם מִיַּד Gn 9:5 (P) Ez 33:6; acc. only, דֹּרֵשׁ דמים ψ 9:13, ד׳ רִשְׁעוֹ 10:15; abs. v 4, 13 2 Ch 24:22. seek with application, study, follow, practise, abs. by wisdom Ec 1:13; with acc. ד׳ מִשְׁפָּט study or practise justice Is 1:17; 16:5; מַעֲשֵׂי י׳ ψ 111:2; טוֹב וְאַל־רַע Am 5:14; commands of God ψ 119:45, 94, 155 1 Ch 28:8; the law Ezr 7:10; †ד׳ שׁלום seek or study the peace, welfare of any one Dt 23:7 Je 29:7 Ezr 9:12, לשׁלום Je 38:4, ד׳ טוב Est 10:3, ד׳ רעה Pr 11:27 ψ 38:13 (cf. בקשׁ 2, where this use is more common). seek with care, care for, ארץ אשׁר יהוה אלהיך דֹּרֵשׁ אתהּ land which Yahweh thy God careth for Dt 11:12; אַל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ let not Eloah care for it Jb 3:4; אוֹתָךְ לֹא יִד׳ Je 30:14; דָּֽרְשָׁה צֶמֶר Pr 31:13; with לְ Je 30:17; אֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי no one careth for me ψ 142:5; but in both these לְ perhaps belongs to אֵין, cf. ‖ אֵין לִי מַכִּיר ψ 142:5, also La 4:4 etc.; דְּרוּשָׁה cared for (of Jerus.) Is 62:12. Pf. נִדְרָ֑שׁ Gn 42:22, נִדְרַשְׁתִּי Is 65:1, נִדְרָ֑שׁוּ 1 Ch 26:31; Impf. אִדָּרֵשׁ Ez 14:3; 20:3, 31(×2); 36:37; Inf. abs. הַאִדָּרֹשׁ Ez 14:3 (for ההדרשׁ);— let oneself be inquired of, consulted, only of God Ez 14:3(×2); 20:3, 31(×2); 36:37 Is 65:1. be sought out 1 Ch 26:31. be required, of blood (cf. Qal 5 Gn 42:22 (E). —וְדָרְשׁוּ מֵחָרְבוֹתֵיהֶם and beg out of their desolate places ψ 109:10 (Ki al. wedŏršu, vid. Baer); many MSS. read דָּֽרְשׁוּ, so most interpr.; 𝔊 Hup Bi Che read גֹּרְשׁוּ be driven from.