דוב
Hebrew
Alternative forms
- דֹּב (defective spelling)
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ד־ב־ב (d-b-b) |
| 4 terms |
From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”). Cognate with Arabic دُبٌّ (dubbun, “bear”). Named either after their slow and soft gait,[1][2] or their murmuring.[3]
Pronunciation
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [dov]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [doːv]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dov/
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Noun
דוב / דֹּב • (dov) m (plural indefinite דובים / דֻּבִּים, feminine counterpart דֻּבָּה) [pattern: קֹטֶל]
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | דֹּב | first | דֻּבִּי | דֻּבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הַדֹּב | second | דֻּבְּךָ | דֻּבֵּךְ | דֻּבְּכֶם | דֻּבְּכֶן | |
| construct | דֹּב־ | third | דֻּבּוֹ | דֻּבָּהּ | דֻּבָּם | דֻּבָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | דֻּבִּים | first | דביי / דֻּבַּי | דֻּבֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הַדֻּבִּים | second | דֻּבֶּיךָ | דבייך / דֻּבַּיִךְ | דֻּבֵּיכֶם | דֻּבֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | דֻּבֵּי־ | third | דֻּבָּיו | דֻּבֶּיהָ | דֻּבֵּיהֶם | דֻּבֵּיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- דֻּבִּי (dúbi, “teddy bear”)
- דוב נמלים / דֹּב נְמָלִים (dov n'malím)
- לא דובים ולא יער / לֹא דֻּבִּים וְלֹא יַעַר (lo dubím v'lo yá'ar)
Proper noun
דּוֹב • (dov) m
- a male given name, Dov
References
- H1677 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “דֹּב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 112c
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 282a
- “דוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- דוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he