דרקון
Hebrew
FWOTD – 23 September 2014
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dʁaˈkon/
Noun
דְּרָקוֹן • (drakón) m (plural indefinite דְּרָקוֹנִים)
- (Mishnaic Hebrew) A serpent, considered an emblem of idolatry.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avodah Zarah, section 3.3:
- הַמּוֹצִיא כֵּלִים וַעֲלֵיהֶם צוּרַת הַחַמָּה, צוּרַת הַלְּבָנָה, צוּרַת הַדְּרָקוֹן ־ יוֹלִיכֵם לְיַם הַמֶּלַח
- If a man found objects on which is a figure of the sun, a figure of the moon, or a figure of a dragon, he must throw them into the Dead Sea.
- dragon (a legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | דְּרָקוֹן | first | דְּרָקוֹנִי | דְּרָקוֹנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַדְּרָקוֹן | second | דְּרָקוֹנְךָ | דְּרָקוֹנֵךְ | דְּרָקוֹנְכֶם | דְּרָקוֹנְכֶן | |
| construct | דְּרָקוֹן־ | third | דְּרָקוֹנוֹ | דְּרָקוֹנָהּ | דְּרָקוֹנָם | דְּרָקוֹנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | דְּרָקוֹנִים | first | דרקוניי / דְּרָקוֹנַי | דְּרָקוֹנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַדְּרָקוֹנִים | second | דְּרָקוֹנֶיךָ | דרקונייך / דְּרָקוֹנַיִךְ | דְּרָקוֹנֵיכֶם | דְּרָקוֹנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | דְּרָקוֹנֵי־ | third | דְּרָקוֹנָיו | דְּרָקוֹנֶיהָ | דְּרָקוֹנֵיהֶם | דְּרָקוֹנֵיהֶן | |
References
- “דרקון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "דרקון" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /darˈqon/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /daʁˈkon/
- Homophone: דַּרְכּוֹן (darkón)
Proper noun
דַּרְקוֹן • (darkón) m
- Darkon, the name of a minor biblical figure mentioned in Ezra 2:56 and again in Nehemiah 7:58.