דְּרִישָׁה f. (דרש) 1) inquiry. Snh. 11ᵇ כל ד׳ שאתה דורש וכ׳ whatever inquiry about common affairs you have to make. —2) examination of witnesses, cross-examination. v. חֲקִירָה. Snh. IV, 1; a. fr. —3) interpretation of the Biblical text. Pes. 22ᵇ; a. e., v. פְּרִישָׁה.—Pl. דְּרִישׁוֹת. Lev. R. s. 13, beg. שתי ד׳ two queries.