Lexical Definition

‎דָּרַךְ‎ dârak (daw-rak') to tread ^H:V
a primitive root

archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

• to tread
• by implication, to walk
• also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)

1) to tread, bend, lead, march
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to tread, march, march forth
1a2) to tread on, tread upon
1a3) to tread (a press)
1a4) to tread (bend) a bow
1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to tread, tread down
1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow
1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

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‎דָּרַךְ‎ verb tread, march (Aramaic ‎דְּרַךְ‎, ; Late Hebrew Hiph`il lead, conduct; Arabic IV. reach, overtake; Ethiopic be rough, serve (from calcavit, Di); threshold, vestibule) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎דָּרַךְ‎ Num 24:17 + 6 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎דָּֽרְכָה‎ Josh 14:9 2 masculine singular ‎דָּרַכְתָּ‎ Hab 3:15 1 singular ‎דָּרַכְתִּי‎ Isa 63:3; Zech 9:13 plural ‎דָּֽרְכוּ‎ Job 22:15 + 3 t.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִדְרֹךְ‎ Mic 5:4* + 6 t. + ‎ידרך‎ Jer 51:3 (‎כתיב ולא קוי‎); 3 feminine singular ‎תִּדְרֹךְ‎ Deut 11:24; Josh 1:3 2 masculine singular ‎תִּדְרֹךְ‎ Deut 33:29 + 2 t.; 2 feminine singular ‎תִּדְרְכִי‎ Judg 5:21 1 singular suffix ‎וְאֶדְרְכֵם‎ Isa 63:3 3 masculine plural ‎יִדְרְכוּ‎ 1Sam 5:5, ‎יִדְרְכוּן‎ Ps 11:2, ‎וַיִּדְרְכוּ‎ Judg 9:27 2 masculine plural ‎תִּדְרְכוּ‎ Deut 11:25 Participle active ‎דֹּרֵךְ‎ Amos 4:13 + 5 t.; ‎דּוֺרֵךְ‎ Job 9:8 ‎דֹּרְכִים‎ Jer 25:30; Neh 13:15 ‎דֹּרְכֵי‎ Jer 46:9 + 5 t.; passive feminine ‎דְּרוּכָה‎ Isa 21:15 ‎דְּרֻכוֺת‎ Isa 5:28 —

1. tread, march, march forth, absolute, ‎תִּדְרְכִי נַפְשִׁי עֹז‎ Judg 5:21 compare ‎דָּרַךְ כּוֺכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב‎ Num 24:17 (poem) a star hath marched forth from Jacob.

2. tread upon (land), followed by ‎בְּ‎ Deut 1:36; Deut 11:25 (subject person), Josh 14:9 (subject ‎רֶגֶל‎) compare Deut 11:24 = Josh 1:3 (subject ‎כַּף רַגְלְכֶם‎); tread in a path, followed by ‎בְּ‎ Isa 59:8 (figurative of mode of life); tread in (on) the sea, followed by ‎בְּ‎ Hab 3:15 (but text dubious compare VB); of an invader ‎יִדְרֹךְ בְּאַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ‎ Mic 5:4* (|| ‎יָבוֺא בְּאַרְצֵנוּ‎); ‎בִּגְבולֵינוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎יִד‎ v.Mic 5:5* (|| id.); followed by ‎עַל‎ 1Sam 5:5 (‎עַלמִֿפְתַּן דָּגוֺן‎); Ps 91:3 (‎עַלשַֿׁחַל וָפֶתֶן‎); especially (poetry) ‎עַלבָּֿמֳו֯תֵי אֶרֶץ‎ Mic 1:3, of ‎׳‎‎י‎, so Amos 4:13, & (‎עַלבָּֿמֳתֵי יָ֑ם‎) Job 9:8 of Israel treading on heights of enemies, i.e. subduing them Deut 33:29. Once followed by accusative (‎אֲשֶׁר‎ reference ‎אֹרַח‎) Job 22:15. In technical senses

3. tread wine- (or oil-) press, followed by accusative ‎יְקָבִים‎ Job 24:11 (|| ‎יַצְהִירוּ‎), ‎גִּתּוֺת‎ Neh 13:15 followed by accusative of thing pressed ‎עֲנָבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Amos 9:13 also of product ‎תִּדְרֹךְזַֿיִת ֗֗֗ וְתִירוֺשׁ‎ Mic 6:15 ‎יַיִן בַּיְקָבִים לֹא יִדְרֹךְ‎ ‎הַדֹּרֵךְ‎ Isa 16:10 followed by ‎בְּגַת‎ Isa 63:2 (in simile); absolute Jer 25:30 (simile) Jer 48:33 figurative of judgment Isa 63:3 followed by accusative ‎פּוּרָה‎ winepress, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎, compare vIsa 63:3 ‎וְאֶדְרְכֵם בְּאַפִּי‎ (|| ‎רמס‎), i.e. tread them down; so ‎גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי‎ ‎לִבְתוּלַת בַּתיְֿהוּדָה‎Lam 1:15.

4. tread (i.e. bend) the bow, followed by accusative ‎קֶשֶׁת‎ Jer 51:8 (‎אֶליִֿדְרֹךְ יד֯רך הַדֹּרֵךְ‎ ‎קַשְׁתּוֺ‎); figurative of assaults of wicked Ps 11:2; Ps 37:14, of judgments of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 7:18*; Lam 2:4; Lam 3:12 also figurative of Judah as bow in hand of ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎כִּי דָרַכְתִּי לִי יְהוּדָה‎ Zech 9:13 (|| ‎קֶשֶׁת מִלֵּאתִי אֶפְרַיִם‎); twice in like meaning with object ‎חֵץ‎ arrow Ps 58:8* (but on text compare Che^{critical note}.) Ps 64:4* ‎דֹּרְכֵי קֶשֶׁת‎ = bow-benders, archers Jer 50:14; Jer 50:29; 1Chr 5:18; 1Chr 8:40; 2Chr 14:7* ‎קֶשֶׁת דְּרוּכָה‎ bent bow Isa 21:15 ‎קַשְׁתֹֿתָיו דְּרֻכוֺת‎ Isa 5:28. Hiph`il Perfect ‎וְהִדְרִיךְ‎ Isa 11:15 suffix ‎הִדְרִיכָהּ‎ Jer 51:33 (where many Infinitive construct) compare RS^{J Ph xvi. (1888) 72}; 1 singular suffix ‎הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ‎ Prov 4:11 3 plural suffix ‎הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ‎ Judg 20:43, ‎הִדְרִיכוּהוּ‎ Job 28:8 Imperfect ‎יַדְרֵךְ‎ Ps 25:9, suffix ‎יַדְרִכֵנִי‎ Hab 3:19 ‎וַיַּדְרִיכֵם‎ Ps 107:7 1 singular suffix ‎אַדְרִיכֵם‎ Isa 42:16 ‎וַיַּדְרְכוּ‎ Jer 9:2* (compare Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 53}, 3, R 4); Imperative masculine singular suffix ‎הַדְרִיכֵנִי‎ Ps 25:5; Ps 119:35 Infinitive construct see above; Participle suffix ‎מַדְרִיכְךָ‎ Isa 48:17 —

1. tread, tread down, of treading down enemy in battle Judg 20:43 of treading a path Job 28:8 levelling threshing-floor Jer 51:33 (all followed by suffix).

2. tread (bend) the bow (= Qal 4), only figurative ‎וַיַּדְרְכוּ אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם קַשְׁתָּם‎ ‎שֶׁקֶר‎ Jer 9:2* and they have bent their tongue as their bow in falsehood.

3. causative, cause to tread or march, lead, returning exiles Isa 11:15 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎; no object expressed); compare ‎וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ‎ ‎יְשָׁרָה‎ Ps 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; see also Isa 42:16 (|| ‎הוֺלִיךְ‎); with a moral application ‎הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ בְּמַעְגְּלֵייֿשֶׁר‎ Prov 4:11 compare Ps 119:35 ‎הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ‎ lead me in the path of thy commandments; Ps 25:5 ‎בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ‎ || ‎(לַמְּדֵנִיׅ‎ compare vPs 25:9 ‎יְלַמֵּד דַּרְכּוֺ) בַּמִּשְׁפָּט‎, Isa 48:17 ‎בְּדֶרֶךְ תֵּלֵךְ‎ || ‎(לְהוֺעִל מְלַמֶּדְךָׅ‎; once of giving security & triumph ‎עַלבָּֿמוֺתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי‎ Hab 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (compare Qal 2).

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