דן

Hebrew

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
ד־ו־ן (d-w-n)
3 terms

From the root ד־ו־ן (d-w-n)/ד־ן (d-n). More at דין (“logical argument”).

Verb

דָּן • (dan) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נידון)

  1. To discuss [with עַל (al) ‘on’].
  2. (transitive) To judge.
Conjugation
Conjugation of דָּן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָדוּן
action noun —
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first דַּנְתִּי דַּנּוּ
second דַּנְתָּ דַּנְתְּ דַּנְתֶּם דַּנְתֶּן
third דָּן דָּנָה דָּנוּ
present דָּן דָּנָה דָּנִים דָּנוֹת
future first אָדוּן נָדוּן
second תָּדוּן תָּדוּנִי תָּדוּנוּ תדונה / תָּדֹנָּה1
third יָדוּן תָּדוּן יָדוּנוּ תדונה / תָּדֹנָּה1
imperative דּוּן דּוּנִי דּוּנוּ דונה / דֹּנָּה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Traditionally taken to be from דָּן (dan, “Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible)”), whose name perhaps derived from the same root ד־ו־ן (d-w-n) as above, but modern scholars frequently view this figure as an after-the-fact eponym and connect the tribal name to other words and names, such as Denyen.

Proper noun

דָּן • (dan) m

  1. (biblical) Dan (the fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid))
  2. Dan (one of the Israelite tribes).
  3. Dan (the region of Ancient Israel occupied by this tribe).
  4. a male given name, equivalent to English Dan
Derived terms

References

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