דרך ארץ
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- ד״א (abbreviation)
Etymology
דֶּרֶךְ (dérech, “way of”) + אֶרֶץ (érets, “land”); that is, "the manner of earthlings" or "the manner of locals".
Noun
דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ • (dérech érets) f (no plural forms, no construct forms)
- manners, etiquette; moral norms or customs
- a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Kiddushin 1:10:
- וְכָל שֶׁאֵינוֹ לֹא בַמִּקְרָא וְלֹא בַמִּשְׁנָה וְלֹא בְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ אֵינוֹ מִן הַיִּשּׁוּב:
- V'khol she'einó lo va'miqrá v'lo va'mishnáh v'lo v'dérekh érets einó min ha'yishúv.
- And all who are not involved with Bible, nor with Oral Law, nor with moral norms are not civilized.
- Commentary of Obadiah of Bertinoro:
- .וְלֹא בְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ — שֶׁאֵין מַשָּׂאוֹ וּמַתָּנוֹ בְּנַחַת עִם הַבְּרִיּוֹת
- Nor with moral norms - one who does not conduct dealings honestly with others.
- V'lo v'dérekh érets – she'ein masa'ó u'matanó b'náḥat im ha'briyot.
- a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Kiddushin 1:10:
- (archaic) employment, occupation
- a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Avot 2:2:
- .יָפֶה תַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה עִם דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ, שֶׁיְּגִיעַת שְׁנֵיהֶם מְשַׁכַּחַת עָוֹן.
- Yafé talmúd toráh im dérekh érets, she'y'gi'at sh'neihem mishakaḥat avon.
- Excellent is the study of the Torah together with a worldly occupation; for the exertion of both of them causes sin to be forgotten.
- Commentary of Obadiah of Bertinoro:
- .דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ — מְלָאכָה אוֹ סְחוֹרָה
- Dérekh érets – m'lakhá o s'ḥorá.
- A worldly occupation – labor or goods.
- a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Avot 2:2:
- (archaic) sexuality
- a. 500 CE, Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 100a:
- הָיִינוּ לְמִידִין... דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ מִתַּרְנְגוֹל שֶׁמְּפַיֵּס וְאַחַר כָּךְ בּוֹעֵל.
- Hayyínu l'midin... dérekh érets mi'tarnagól she'mfayyés v'aḥár kakh bo'él.
- We would learn... sexuality from the rooster who appeases and then mates.
- a. 500 CE, Babylonian Talmud, Eruvin 100a:
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