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 Che^{critical 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 RS^{J 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).