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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - דָּרַשׁ

דָּרַשׁ

H1875

Transliteration: dârash

Pronunciation: daw-rash'

Definition: ask


Original: דּרשׁ

Transliteration: dârash

Phonetic: daw-rash'

BDB Definition:

  1. to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require
    1. (Qal)
      1. to resort to, frequent (a place), (tread a place)
      2. to consult, enquire of, seek
        1. of God
        2. of heathen gods, necromancers
      3. to seek deity in prayer and worship
        1. God
        2. heathen deities
      4. to seek (with a demand), demand, require
      5. to investigate, enquire
      6. to ask for, require, demand
      7. to practice, study, follow, seek with application
      8. to seek with care, care for
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to allow oneself to be enquired of, consulted (only of God)
      2. to be sought, be sought out
      3. to be required (of blood)

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 455

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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