Pronunciations

Definitions

• v. Give a sermon, discuss an interpretation of the text.
  

• n. A sermon, interpretation of text.
  

• n. The applied meaning of a religious text.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• first and second senses: דָּרַשׁ⁩ darásh

  third sense: דְּרַשׁ (the third element of the acronym פרד״ס pardes, which refers to the four approaches to biblical exegesis)
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America
• Great Britain
• Australia / New Zealand

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

Alternative Spellings

derash, d'rash, drosh