דורבן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־ר־ב (d-r-b)
1 term

From Moroccan Arabic ضربان (ḍurbān, “porcupine”), from Classical Arabic ظَرِبَان (ẓaribān, “polecat”).

Noun

דורבן / דׇּרְבָּן • (dorbán) m

  1. spike, spur
    • Tanach, Ecclesiastes 12:11, with translation of the King James Version:
      דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים כַּדׇּרְבֹנוֹת וּכְמַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים
      divré khakhamím kadorvonót ukh'masm'rót n'tu'ím
      The words of the wise are as goads and as nails fastened
  2. porcupine

References

  • “דורבן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.