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דָּרַךְ verb tread, march (Aramaic
דְּרַךְ,
KeRD; Late Hebrew Hiph.
lead, conduct; Arabic IV.
ادرك reach, overtake; Ethiopic
ደረከ፡ be rough, serve (from
calcavit, Di);
መድረክ፡ threshold, vestibule) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular דָּרַךְ Numbers 24:17 +
6 times;
3rd person feminine singular דָּֽרְכָה Joshua 14:9;
2nd person masculine singular דָּרַכְתָּ Habakkuk 3:15;
1st person singular דָּרַכְתִּי Isaiah 63:3;
Zechariah 9:13; plural
דָּֽרְכוּ Job 22:15 +
3 times;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִדְרֹךְ Micah 5:4 +
6 times +
ידרך Jeremiah 51:3 (
כתיב ולא קוי);
3rd person feminine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 11:24;
Joshua 1:3;
2nd person masculine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 33:29 +
2 times;
2nd person feminine singular תִּדְרְכִי Judges 5:21;
1st person singular suffix
וְאֶדְרְכֵם Isaiah 63:3;
3rd person masculine plural יִדְרְכוּ 1 Samuel 5:5,
יִדְרְכוּן Psalm 11:2,
וַיִּדְרְכוּ Judges 9:27;
2nd person masculine plural תִּדְרְכוּ Deuteronomy 11:25;
Participle active
דֹּרֵךְ Amos 4:13 +
5 times;
דּוֺרֵךְ Job 9:8;
דֹּרְכִים Jeremiah 25:30;
Nehemiah 13:15;
דֹּרְכֵי Jeremiah 46:9 +
5 times;
passive feminine
דְּרוּכָה Isaiah 21:15;
דְּרֻכוֺת Isaiah 5:28; —
1. tread, march, march forth, absolute,
תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז Judges 5:21; compare
דָּרַךְ כּוֺכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב Numbers 24:17 (poem)
a star hath marched forth from Jacob.
Hiph. Perfect וְהִדְרִיךְ Isaiah 11:15; suffix
הִדְרִיכָהּ Jeremiah 51:33 (where many infinitive construct) compare RS
J Ph xvi. (1888) 72;
1st person singular suffix
הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Proverbs 4:11;
3rd person plural suffix
הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ Judges 20:43,
הִדְרִיכוּהוּ Job 28:8;
Imperfect יַדְרֵךְ Psalm 25:9, suffix
יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19;
וַיַּדְרִיכֵם Psalm 107:7;
1st person singular suffix
אַדְרִיכֵם Isaiah 42:16;
וַיַּדְרְכוּ Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Ges
§ 53, 3, R 4);
Imperative masculine singular suffix
הַדְרִיכֵנִי Psalm 25:5;
Psalm 119:35;
Infinitive construct see above;
Participle suffix
מַדְרִיכְךָ Isaiah 48:17; —
2. tread (bend) the bow (=
Qal 4), only figurative
וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 9:2 and they have bent their tongue as their bow in falsehood.
3. causative,
cause to tread or march, lead, returning exiles
Isaiah 11:15 (subject
י׳; no object expressed); compare
וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה Psalm 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; see also
Isaiah 42:16 (||
הוֺלִיךְ); with a moral application
הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵייֿשֶׁר Proverbs 4:11; compare
Psalm 119:35 הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ lead me in the path of thy commandments;
Psalm 25:5 בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ ||
(לַמּדֵנִי) compare
Psalm 25:9 בַּמִּשְׁפָּט (||
דַּרְבּוֹ יְלַמֵּד),
Isaiah 48:17 בְּדֶרֶךְ תֵּלֵךְ (||
מְלַמֶּדְךָ לְהוֺעִל); once of giving security & triumph
עַלבָּֿמוֺתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (compare
Qal 2).
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