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H1869

H1869 — דָּרַך

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HebrewdarakverbOccurrences: 63TWOT: 453

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Strong's Number:H1869
Word:דָּרַך
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:63
Transliteration:darak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:daw-rak'
Meaning:1. to tread 2. (by implication) to walk 3. (also) to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV Renderings:archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

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דָּרַךְ verb tread, march (Aramaic דְּרַךְ, [untranscribed source text 1198]; Late Hebrew Hiph`il lead, conduct; Arabic IV. [untranscribed source text 1199] reach, overtake; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1200] be rough, serve (from calcavit, Di ); [untranscribed source text 1201] 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 Isa 63:3 וְאֶדְרְכֵם בְּאַפִּי (|| רמס), i.e. tread them down; so גַּת דָּרַךְ אֲדֹנָי לִבְתוּלַת בַּתיְֿהוּדָה Lam 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 Checritical 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 RSJ 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 Ps 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).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דרך (dah-rach’)

Numbers 24:17

KJV: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.smite…: or, smite through the princes of
EHCC: there shall come a Star out of Jacob,

Psalms 7:19

EHCC: (13). ke Aath bent his bow,

Psalms 37:14

KJV: The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.such…: Heb. the upright of way
EHCC: and Aane bent their bow,

Isaiah 63:3

KJV: I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
EHCC: 7 Aave trodden the winepress alone ;

Micah 1:3

KJV: For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
EHCC: and tread upon the high places

Habakkuk 3:15

KJV: Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.heap: or, mud
EHCC: Thou didst walk through the sea

Deuteronomy 11:24

KJV: Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
EHCC: the soles of your feet shall tread

Joshua 1:3

KJV: Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
EHCC: that the sole of your foot tread

Judges 5:21

KJV: The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
EHCC: thow hast trodden down strength.

Judges 9:27

KJV: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.merry: or, songs
EHCC: and trode (the Brapes),

Psalms 11:2

KJV: For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.privily: Heb. in darkness
EHCC: the wicked bead (their) bow,

Jeremiah 48:33

KJV: And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
EHCC: none shall tread with shouting;

Micah 5:5

KJV: And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.principal: Heb. princes of
EHCC: (4). Ae shall tread in our palaces,

2 Chronicles 14:8

KJV: And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
EHCC: (7).bare shields axd drew bows,

Nehemiah 13:15

KJV: In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
EHCC: treading wine presses on the

Job 9:8

KJV: Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.waves: Heb. heights
EHCC: and treadeth upon the waves

Isaiah 16:10

KJV: And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
EHCC: the treaders shall tread out no wine

Isaiah 59:8

KJV: The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.judgment: or, right
EHCC: whosoever goeth therein

Isaiah 63:2

KJV: Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
EHCC: like him that treadeth in the

Jeremiah 25:30

KJV: Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
EHCC: as they that tread

Jeremiah 46:9

KJV: Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.the Ethiopians: Heb. Cushthe Libyans: Heb. Put
EHCC: that handle (and) bend the bow.

Jeremiah 50:14

KJV: Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.
EHCC: all ye that bend the bow,

Amos 4:13

KJV: For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.wind: or, spirit
EHCC: and treadeth upon the high places

Amos 3:13

KJV: Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
EHCC: and the treader of grapes

Amos 1:5

KJV: I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.the plain…: or, Bikathaventhe house…: or, Beth–eden
EHCC: 28. all their bows beni,

Amos 21:15

EHCC: from the bent bow,

Amos 104:90

EHCC: 43 . trode them down with ease

Job 28:8

KJV: The lion’s whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
EHCC: The lion's whelps have not trodden it,

Proverbs 4:11

KJV: I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
EHCC: I have /ed thee fn right paths.

Jeremiah 51:33

KJV: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.it is…: or, in the time that he thresheth her
EHCC: time to thresh her : (marg.or, in the time

Psalms 25:5

KJV: Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
EHCC: Lead me in thy truth,

Psalms 119:35

KJV: Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
EHCC: Make me to go in the path

Psalms 25:9

KJV: The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
EHCC: The meek will he guide .

Psalms 107:7

KJV: And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
EHCC: And he led them forth by the

Isaiah 42:16

KJV: And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.straight: Heb. into straightness
EHCC: 7 will lead them in paths .

Jeremiah 9:3

KJV: And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
EHCC: (2). And they bend their tongues

Habakkuk 3:19

KJV: The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.chief…: or, overseerstringed…: Heb. Neginoth
EHCC: he will make me to walk

Isaiah 48:17

KJV: Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
EHCC: which leadeth thee by the way

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