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drashing

drashing is the present participle and gerund of drash.

Meaning of drash

Verb

drash (third-person singular simple present drashes, present participle drashing, simple past and past participle drashed)

  1. (Judaism, rare) To exegete.
    • This is a parsha that begs to be split. Like the split letter "vav" in a kosher sefer Torah in the word "shalom". Old Spearchucker gets his reward. There's a census of our ancestors. The laws of inheritance. The mo'adim, fixed holidays. Rather than reveal my level of incompetence by drashing in...2007 July 5, in...@rambam.biz, “Parshat Pinchas: The Name Game”, in soc.culture.judaism.moderated (Usenet)

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Questions about drashing

What is drashing the present participle and gerund of?
Drashing is the present participle and gerund of drash.

Words near drashing in the dictionary

  1. Dras
  2. drash
  3. Drash syndrome
  4. drasha
  5. drashed
  6. drashing
  7. Draskhanakert
  8. Drass
  9. drastic
  10. drastic times call for drastic measures
  11. drastically

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