Lexical Definition

‎דֹּב‎ dôb (dobe) bear ^H:N
or (fully) דּוֹב dôwb (dobe); from ‎דָּבַב‎

bear.

• the bear (as slow)

1) bear

See Greek: ἄρκτος · λύκος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: דֹּב
‎דֹּב‎ noun masculine^{Prov 28:15}, feminine^{2Kgs 2:24 (seldom)} bear (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew id., Ethiopic Assyrian dabû (?) Dl^{S 55}; Aramaic ‎דּוּבָּא‎, ; Arabic , , is however a loan-word compare Hom^{NS 301 f.}); — absolute ‎דֹּב‎ Amos 5:19 + 5 t.; ‎דּוֺב‎ 1Sam 17:34 + 2 t.; plural ‎דֻּבִּים‎ 2Kgs 2:24; Isa 59:11 — bear, female 2Kgs 2:24; 2Sam 17:8; Prov 17:12; Hos 13:8 compare Isa 11:7 undetermined 1Sam 17:34; 1Sam 17:36; 1Sam 17:37; Amos 5:19; Prov 28:15; Isa 59:11; Lam 3:10; Lam 3:10 (on article 1Sam 17:34; Amos 5:19 compare RS^{Sem, i. 119 n}.)

‎דּוֺב‎ bear, see below ‎דבב‎. ‎דוג‎, ‎דַּוָּג‎, ‎דּוּגָה‎ see below ‎דגה‎

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