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דוד

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דוד¹

  • /doːd/
  • /ˈdoːð/ [ˈdoːð]
  • /ˈdøːð/ [ˈdøːð]
  • [ˈdeːð]
  • /ˈdod/
  • /ˈdojd/
  • /ˈdod/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

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

noun דּוֹד · dod · דּוֹדִים · דּוֹדֵי־ · דּוֹדָה

  1. uncle (the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent) כוְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּד֖וֹ גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ
  2. Biblical (A person's) beloved. עָנָה דוֹדִי וְאָמַר לִי קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃

דוד²

  • /daːˈwiːd/
  • /dɔːˈviːð/ [dɔːˈviːð]
  • /dɔˈwið/ [dɔːˈwiːð]
  • /daˈbid/
  • /dɔˈvid/
  • [ˈdɔː.vəd]
  • /daˈvid/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

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

proper noun דָּוִד · davíd · דויד · דוויד

  1. 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

דוד³

  • /duːd/
  • /ˈduːð/ [ˈduːð]
  • /ˈduð/ [ˈduːð]
  • /dud/ Modern Israeli

noun דּוּד · dud · דּוּדִים · דּוּדֵי־ · דּוּדִי

  1. Biblical a cauldron וְהִכָּה בַכִּיֹּור אוֹ בַדּוּד אוֹ בַקַּלַּחַת אוֹ בַפָּרוּר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה הַמַּזְלֵג יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן בֹּו כָּכָה יַעֲשׂוּ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים שָׁם בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃
  2. broadly, modern a water heater

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {דוד},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%93},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}