דן

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dan/

Etymology 1

Root
ד־ו־ן (d-w-n)

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

Verb

דָּן • (dan) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נידון)

1. To discuss; construed with על (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
notes		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. Dan (one of the Israelite tribes).
2. Dan (the region of Ancient Israel occupied by this tribe).
3. a male given name, equivalent to English Dan

Derived terms

• גּוּשׁ דָּן (gush dán)

References

• H1835 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible