דוד

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ד־ו־ד (d-w-d)
3 terms

From Proto-West Semitic *dād- (“paternal uncle”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

דּוֹד • (dod) m (plural indefinite דּוֹדִים, plural construct דּוֹדֵי־, feminine counterpart דּוֹדָה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. uncle (the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)
    • Tanach, Leviticus 20:20, with translation of the King James Version:
      כוְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּד֖וֹ גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ
      And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
    • Tanach, Esther 2:7, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת־הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת־דֹּדוֹ כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם […]
      vay'hí omén et-hadasá hi estér bat-dodó ki en la av va'ém […]
      And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, […]
    • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):
      היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?
      hey dod skar, k'she'eyé mélekh, ma atá tiyé?
      Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) (A person's) beloved.
    • Tanach, Song of Songs 2:10, with translation of the King James Version:
      עָנָה דוֹדִי וְאָמַר לִי קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃
      My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. [continues in next verse]
    • 13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni:
      לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
      ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.
      Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
      and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".
    • 16th century, Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Lekhah Dodi (traditional Jewish prayer for Shabbat):
      לכה דודי לקראת כלה
      Come, my beloved, to meet the bride
Declension
Declension of דּוֹד
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite דּוֹד first דּוֹדִי דּוֹדֵנוּ
definite הַדּוֹד second דּוֹדְךָ דּוֹדֵךְ דּוֹדְכֶם דּוֹדְכֶן
construct דּוֹד־ third דּוֹדוֹ דּוֹדָהּ דּוֹדָם דּוֹדָן
plural indefinite דּוֹדִים first דודיי / דּוֹדַי דּוֹדֵינוּ
definite הַדּוֹדִים second דּוֹדֶיךָ דודייך / דּוֹדַיִךְ דּוֹדֵיכֶם דּוֹדֵיכֶן
construct דּוֹדֵי־ third דּוֹדָיו דּוֹדֶיהָ דּוֹדֵיהֶם דּוֹדֵיהֶן
Derived terms

References

  • Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 235
  • "דוד" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Etymology 2

Root
ד־ו־ד (d-w-d)
3 terms

From Proto-Semitic verbal root d-w-d ~ w-d-d "to love".[1]

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

דָּוִד • (davíd) m [pattern: קָטִיל]

  1. (biblical) David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon)
  2. a male given name, David
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ "Semitic Roots: Appendix II" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2073 of 2072-2078
  2. ^ Lipiński, Edward (2001), Semitic Languages: Outline of a Comparative Grammar (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 80), 2nd edition, Leuven: Peeters, →ISBN, page 110

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Pronunciation

Noun

דּוּד • (dud) m (plural indefinite דּוּדִים, plural construct דּוּדֵי־)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) a cauldron
    • Tanach, 1 Samuel 2:14, with translation of the King James Version:
      וְהִכָּה בַכִּיֹּור אוֹ בַדּוּד אוֹ בַקַּלַּחַת אוֹ בַפָּרוּר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה הַמַּזְלֵג יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן בֹּו כָּכָה יַעֲשׂוּ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים שָׁם בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃
      And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
  2. (by extension, modern) a water heater
Declension
Declension of דּוּד
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite דּוּד first דּוּדִי דּוּדֵנוּ
definite הַדּוּד second דּוּדְךָ דּוּדֵךְ דּוּדְכֶם דּוּדְכֶן
construct דּוּד־ third דּוּדוֹ דּוּדָהּ דּוּדָם דּוּדָן
plural indefinite דּוּדִים first דודיי / דּוּדַי דּוּדֵינוּ
definite הַדּוּדִים second דּוּדֶיךָ דודייך / דּוּדַיִךְ דּוּדֵיכֶם דּוּדֵיכֶן
construct דּוּדֵי־ third דּוּדָיו דּוּדֶיהָ דּוּדֵיהֶם דּוּדֵיהֶן
plural indefinite דוודים / דְּוָדִים first דוודיי / דְּוָדַי דוודינו / דְּוָדֵינוּ
definite הדוודים / הַדְּוָדִים second דוודיך / דְּוָדֶיךָ דוודייך / דְּוָדַיִךְ דּוּדֵיכֶם דּוּדֵיכֶן
construct דּוּדֵי־ third דוודיו / דְּוָדָיו דוודיה / דְּוָדֶיהָ דּוּדֵיהֶם דּוּדֵיהֶן
Derived terms

References

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew דָּוִד (davíd).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

דוד • (doved) m

  1. (biblical) David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English David
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