Lexical Definition

‎דּוֹד‎ dôwd (dode) beloved ^H:N-M
or (shortened) דֹּד dôd (dode); from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.

(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.

• (figuratively) to love
• by implication, a love-token, lover, friend
• specifically an uncle

1) beloved, love, uncle
1a) loved one, beloved
1b) uncle
1c) love (pl. abstract)

See Greek: ἀγαπητός · ἀδελφός · καταλύω · μαστός · οἰκεῖος · πατήρ · συγγενής · φιλία

Extended Information

meaning of: דּוֹד

• : male_relative

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דּוֺד‎ noun masculine^{Song 1:2} beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac ; Assyrian dâdu Dl^{HA 19}) — absolute ‎דּוֺד‎ Song 5:9 (twice in verse); construct ‎דּוֺד‎ 1Sam 10:14 + 3 t.; ‎דֹּד‎ Lev 10:4; Esth 2:15 suffix ‎דּוֺדִי‎ Isa 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 t. all Canticles; ‎דֹּדִי‎ Jer 32:8 + 2 t.; ‎דֹּדְךָ‎ Jer 32:7 ‎דּוֺדֵךְ‎ Song 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 t.; ‎דּוֺדוֺ‎ Amos 6:10; 1Sam 10:16, ‎דֹּדוֺ‎ Lev 20:20 + 4 t.; ‎דּוֺדָהּ‎ Song 8:5 plural ‎דּוֺדִים‎ Song 5:1 ‎דֹּדִים‎ Prov 7:18; Ezek 16:8; Ezek 23:17 plural suffix ‎דֹּדַי‎ Song 7:13* ‎דֹּדֶיךָ‎ Song 1:2; Song 1:4 ‎דֹּדַיִךְ‎ Song 4:10 (twice in verse); ‎דֹּדֵיהֶן‎ Num 36:11 —

1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Song 1:13; Song 1:14; Song 1:16; Song 2:3; Song 2:8; Song 2:9; Song 2:10; Song 2:16; Song 2:17; Song 4:16; Song 5:2; Song 5:4; Song 5:5; Song 5:6 (twice in verse); Song 5:8; Song 5:9 (twice in verse); Song 5:10; Song 5:16; Song 6:1 (twice in verse); Song 6:2; Song 6:3 (twice in verse); Song 7:10*; Song 7:11*; Song 7:12*; Song 7:14*; Song 8:5; Song 8:14 beloved one, friend, ‎שִׁירַת דּוֺדִי‎ Isa 5:1 (where Lo Che ‎דודים‎ ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ love-song, see 3 below)

2. specifically uncle, Lev 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Num 36:11; 1Sam 14:50; 2Kgs 24:17; Lev 20:20; Lev 25:49 (twice in verse); 1Sam 10:14; 1Sam 10:15; 1Sam 10:16; Esth 2:7; Esth 2:15; Jer 32:7; Jer 32:8; Jer 32:9; Jer 32:12 perhaps also 1Chr 27:32 Jonathan, David's ‎דּוֺד‎ so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.

3. plural abstract love Prov 7:18; Song 1:2; Song 1:4; Song 4:10 (twice in verse); Song 5:1 (Song 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, ᵐ5 ἀδελφυἰ; so ‎עֵת דדים‎ Ezek 16:8 ‎מִשְׁכַּב דדים‎ Ezek 23:17.

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