Asa darko (עשה דרכו) means make way through the water in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
עָשָֹה דַּרְכּוֹ
asa darko
verb
In English
make way through the water
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Asa darko.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1צעד בדרך, הלך בדרך; ובהרחבה גם נסע, רָכַב, שָׁט, טָס וכו'.
וַיֵּלֶךְ הָאִישׁ מֵהָעִיר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה לָגוּר בַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא וַיָּבֹא הַר אֶפְרַיִם עַד בֵּית מִיכָה לַעֲשׂוֹת דַּרְכּוֹ.
- 2עשה דרכיו: עסק בצרכיו הרגילים.
אִם תָּשִׁיב מִשַּׁבָּת רַגְלֶךָ עֲשׂוֹת חֲפָצֶיךָ בְּיוֹם קָדְשִׁי וְקָרָאתָ לַשַּׁבָּת עֹנֶג לִקְדוֹשׁ יְהוָה מְכֻבָּד וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ מֵעֲשׂוֹת דְּרָכֶיךָ מִמְּצוֹא חֶפְצְךָ וְדַבֵּר דָּבָר.
- 3ימאותעוֹשֶׂה דַּרְכּוֹ בַּמַּיִם: מונח ימי־משפטי שמשמעותו כי כלי השיט המדובר נמצא בדרך והוא נע בכוח מפרשיו או מנועיו או נטרד (נסחף) על ידי הזרם והרוח ואינו עומד על מקומו.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Asa darko is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- עָשָֹה דַּרְכּוֹ
- Written without vowel points
- עשה דרכו
- Said
- asa darko
- Root
- ע־ש־ה
- Gematria
- 605
This is how Asa darko is said in other languages.
- English
- make way through the water
The word Asa darko comes from the root ע־ש־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Asa darko in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Asa darko.
What does Asa darko (עשה דרכו) mean in Hebrew?
Asa darko (עשה דרכו) means make way through the water. It is said asa darko, with the stress on sa.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry עשה דרכו of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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