דרש

דְּרַשׁ • (dəraš)

1. to study
2. to argue, to dispute
3. to converse, to discuss
4. to exercise, to train

• אִידְּרִישׁ‎

דָּרַשׁ • (darásh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִדְרַשׁ‎)

1. demand
2. require, need
3. seek, search for
   • Genesis 25:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ וַתֹּאמֶר אִם־כֵּן לָמָּה זֶּה אָנֹכִי וַתֵּלֶךְ לִדְרֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָה׃‎‎

     vayitrots'tsú habaním b'kirbáh vatómer 'im-kén láma zé 'anokhí vatélekh lidrósh 'et-YHVH.
     wayyiṯrōṣəṣū habbānīm bəqirbāh wattṓmer ʾim-kēn lā́mmā ze ʾānōḵī wattḗleḵ liḏrōš ʾeṯ-YHWH.

     And the children struggled together within her; and she said: ‘If it be so, wherefore do I live?’ And she went to inquire of the LORD.

4. interpret homiletically
5. preach, sermonize

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• מִדְרָשׁ‎
• דְּרִישָׁה‎

• H1875 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible