Lexical Definition

‎יְדִיד‎ yᵉdîyd (yed-eed') beloved ^H:A
from the same as ‎דּוֹד‎

amiable, (well-) beloved, loves.

• loved

n m
1) one beloved, beloved
adj
2) lovely

See Greek: ἀγαπάω · ἀγαπητός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָדִיד‎] adjective (poetry) beloved (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ) — construct ‎יְדִיד‎ Deut 33:12 suffix ‎לִידִידִי‎ Isa 5:1 (twice in verse); Jer 11:15 ‎לִידִידוֺ‎ Ps 127:2 plural suffix ‎יְדִידֶיךָ‎ Ps 60:7*; Ps 108:7* feminine ‎יְדִידֹת‎ Ps 45:1* ‎יְדִידוֺת‎ Ps 84:2* —

1. my beloved, used by prophets of ‎׳‎‎י‎ under figure of husbandman Isa 5:1 (twice in verse); so my (thy, his) beloved Jer 11:15; Ps 60:7* = Ps 108:7*; Ps 2 beloved, of Benjamin as beloved by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 33:12.

2. lovely, ‎מַהיְּֿדִידוֺת מִשְׁכְּנוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ps 84:2* how lovely are thy habitations !

3. feminine plural as abstract substantive ‎שִׁיר יְדִידֹת‎ Ps 45:1* = a song of love.

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