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STRONGS NUMBER H1869
Transliteration: darak
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to tread, march
Meaning: to tread, to walk, to string a, bow
Word Summary
darak: to tread, march
Original Word: דָּרַךְTransliteration: darak
Phonetic Spelling: (daw-rak')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to tread, march
Meaning: to tread, to walk, to string a, bow
Strong's Concordance
archer, bend, come, draw, go over, guide, lead forth, thresh, A primitive root; to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) -- archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1869. darak
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 Perfect3masculine singular דָּרַךְ Numbers 24:17 6t.; 3 feminine singular דָּֽרְכָה Joshua 14:9; 2masculine singular דָּרַכְתָּ Habakkuk 3:15; 1singular דָּרַכְתִּי Isaiah 63:3; Zechariah 9:13; plural דָּֽרְכוּ Job 22:15 3t.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִדְרֹךְ Micah 5:4 6t. + ידרך Jeremiah 51:3 (קוי ולא כתיב); 3 feminine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:3; 2masculine singular תִּדְרֹךְ Deuteronomy 33:29 2t.; 2 feminine singular תִּדְרְכִי Judges 5:21; 1singular suffix וְאֶדְרְכֵם Isaiah 63:3; 3masculine plural יִדְרְכוּ 1 Samuel 5:5, יִדְרְכוּן Psalm 11:2, וַיִּדְרְכוּ Judges 9:27; 2masculine plural תִּדְרְכוּ Deuteronomy 11:25; Participle active דֹּרֵךְ Amos 4:13 5t.; דּוֺרֵךְ Job 9:8; דֹּרְכִים Jeremiah 25:30; Nehemiah 13:15; דֹּרְכֵי Jeremiah 46:9 5t.; passive feminine דְּרוּכָה Isaiah 21:15; דְּרֻכוֺת 5:28; —
1 tread, march, march forth, absolute, עֹז נַפְשִׁי תִּדְרְכִי Judges 5:21; compare מִיַּעֲקֹב כּוֺכָב דָּרַךְ Numbers 24:17 (poem) a star hath marched forth from Jacob.
2 tread upon (land), followed by בְּ Deuteronomy 1:36; 11:25 (subject person), Joshua 14:9 (subject רֶגֶל) compare Deuteronomy 11:24 = Joshua 1:3 (subject רַגְלְכֶם כַּף); tread in a path, followed by בְּ Isaiah 59:8 (figurative of mode of life); tread in (on) the sea, followed by בְּ Habakkuk 3:15 (but text dubious compare VB); of an invader בְּאַרְמְנוֺתֵינוּ יִדְרֹךְ Micah 5:4 ("" בְּאַרְצֵנוּ יָבוֺא); ׳יִד בִּגְבולֵינוּ 5:5 ("" id.); followed by עַל 1 Samuel 5:5 (דָּגוֺן עַלמִֿפְתַּן); Psalm 91:3 (וָפֶתֶן עַלשַֿׁחַל); especially (poetry) אֶרֶץ עַלבָּֿמֳו֯תֵי Micah 1:3, of ׳י, so Amos 4:13, & (יָ֑ם עַלבָּֿמֳתֵי) Job 9:8; of Israel treading on heights of enemies, i.e. subduing them Deuteronomy 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 Nehemiah 13:15; followed by accusative of thing pressed ׳ד עֲנָבִים Amos 9:13; also of product וְתִירוֺשׁ ֗֗֗ תִּדְרֹךְזַֿיִת Micah 6:15; הַדֹּרֵךְ יִדְרֹךְ לֹא בַּיְקָבִים יַיִן Isaiah 16:10; followed by בְּגַת 63:2 (in simile); absolute Jeremiah 25:30 (simile) 48:33; figurative of judgment Isaiah 63:3 followed by accusative מּוּרָה winepress, subject ׳י, compare 63:3 בְּאַמִּי וְאֶדְרְכֵם ("" רמס), i.e. tread them down; so בַּתיְֿהוּדָה לִבְתוּלַת אֲדֹנָי דָּרַךְ גַּתLamentations 1:15.
4 tread (i.e. bend) the bow, followed by accusative קֶשֶׁת Jeremiah 51:8 (קַשְׁתּוֺ הַדֹּרֵךְ יד֯רך אֶליִֿדְרֹךְ); figurative of assaults of wicked Psalm 11:2; 37:14, of judgments of ׳י Psalm 7:18; Lamentations 2:4; 3:12; also figurative of Judah as bow in hand of יְהוּדָה לִי דָרַכְתִּי כִּי ׳י, Zechariah 9:13 ("" אֶפְרַיִם מִלֵּאתִי קֶשֶׁת); twice in like meaning with object חֵץ arrow Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Checritical note.) 64:4; קֶשֶׁת דֹּרְכֵי = bow-benders, archers Jeremiah 50:14, 29; 1 Chronicles 5:18; 8:40; 2 Chronicles 14:7; דְּרוּכָה קֶשֶׁת bent bow Isaiah 21:15; דְּרֻכוֺת קַשְׁתֹֿתָיו 5:28.
Hiph`il Perfect וְהִדְרִיךְ Isaiah 11:15; suffix הִדְרִיכָהּ Jeremiah 51:33 (where many Infinitive construct) compare RSJ Ph xvi. (1888) 72; 1 singular suffix הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Proverbs 4:11; 3plural suffix הִדְרִיכֻ֑הוּ Judges 20:43, הִדְרִיכוּהוּ Job 28:8; Imperfect יַדְרֵךְ Psalm 25:9, suffix יַדְרִכֵנִי Habakkuk 3:19; וַיַּדְרִיכֵם Psalm 107:7; 1singular suffix אַדְרִיכֵם Isaiah 42:16; וַיַּדְרְכוּ Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Ges§ 53, 3, R 4); Imperative masculine singular suffix הַדְרִיכֵנִי Psalm 25:5; 119:35; Infinitive construct see above; Participle suffix מַדְרִיכְךָ Isaiah 48:17; —
1 tread, tread down, of treading down enemy in battle Judges 20:43; of treading a path Job 28:8; levelling threshing-floor Jeremiah 51:33 (all followed by suffix).
2 tread (bend) the bow (= Qal 4), only figurative שֶׁקֶר קַשְׁתָּם אֶתלְֿשׁוֺנָם וַיַּדְרְכוּ 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 יְשָׁרָה בְּדֶרֶךְ וַיַּדְרִיכֵם Psalm 107:7 and he led them in a straight way; see also Isaiah 42:16 ("" הוֺלִיךְ); with a moral application בְּמַעְגְּלֵייֿשֶׁר הִדְרַכְתִּיךָ Proverbs 4:11; compare Psalm 119:35 מִצְוֺתֶיךָ בִּנְתִיב הַדְרִיכֵנִי lead me in the path of thy commandments; 25:5 בַּאֲמִתֶּ֑ךָ "" (לַמְּדֵנִיׅ compare 25:9 בַּמִּשְׁמָּט דַּרְכּוֺ) יְלַמֵּד, Isaiah 48:17 תֵּלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ "" מְלַמֶּדְךָׅ (לְהוֺעִל; once of giving security & triumph יַדְרִכֵנִי עַלבָּֿמוֺתַי Habakkuk 3:19 upon mine heights he maketh me tread (compare Qal 2).