דָּרוֹם, (b. h.) South, southern region. Yoma 21ᵇ כלפי ד׳ towards the South. Gen. R. s. 1, beg. דְּרוֹמוֹ של רקיע the southern section of the sky; a. fr.—Esp. הַדָּ׳ (b. h. הַנֶּגֶב) the South of Palestine, south of Lydda (with a town of the same name: Darom, v. Neub. Géogr. p. 63). Pes. 70ᵇ. Yeb. 45ᵃ; Zeb. 22ᵇ זקני ד׳; Y. Erub. VI, 23ᶜ bot. זקני הד׳ the scholars of D.