Lexical Summary dob: a bear Original Word: דֹּבTransliteration: dob Phonetic Spelling: (dobe) Part of Speech: Noun Short Definition: a bear Meaning: the bear Strong's Concordance bear Or (fully) dowb {dobe}; from dabab; the bear (as slow) -- bear. see HEBREW dabab Brown-Driver-Briggs H1677. dob דֹּב noun masculineProverbs 28:15, feminine2 Kings 2:24 (seldom) bear (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew id., Ethiopic Assyrian dabû (?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, ; Arabic , , is however a loan-word compare HomNS 301 f.); — absolute דֹּב Amos 5:19 5t.; דּוֺב 1 Samuel 17:34 2t.; plural דֻּבִּים 2 Kings 2:24; Isaiah 59:11; — bear, female 2 Kings 2:24; 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; Hosea 13:8 compare Isaiah 11:7; undetermined 1 Samuel 17:34, 36, 37; Amos 5:19; Proverbs 28:15; Isaiah 59:11; Lamentations 3:10, 10 (on article 1 Samuel 17:34; Amos 5:19 compare RSSem, i. 119 n.) דּוֺב bear, see below דבב. דּוּגָה דַּוָּג, דוג, see below דגה דוד (√ assumed for following, which however perhaps primitive caressing word, Fl NHWBi. 439 swing, rock, dandle, fondle, love; > Thes DietrSemitic Wortforsch. 277 MV, who connect with דּוּד (compare below) compare Syriac disturb). דֹּב noun [masculine] bear (so ᵑ7 Biblical Hebrew √ דבב; Syriac ); — absolute ׳ד Daniel 7:5. |
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