דבורה

Hebrew

Root
ד־ב־ר (d-b-r)
11 terms

דבורה

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dVbr- (“bee”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā), Amharic ዲቧራ (dibʷara), Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr), زُنْبُور (zunbūr), Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡌࡁࡅࡓࡀ (zimbura), Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא, זִיבּוֹרָא.

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dvoːˈrɔː/ [da.voːˈʀɔː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /də.vøˈrɔ/ [dæ.vøːˈrɔː], [dæ.veːˈrɔː]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dvoˈra/

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Noun

דְּבוֹרָה • (dvorá) f (plural indefinite דְּבוֹרִים, singular construct דְּבוֹרַת־, plural construct דְּבוֹרֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹלָה]

1. bee

Declension

Declension of דְּבוֹרָה

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דְּבוֹרָה	first	דְּבוֹרָתִי		דְּבוֹרָתֵנוּ
	definite	הַדְּבוֹרָה	second	דְּבוֹרָתְךָ	דְּבוֹרָתֵךְ	דְּבוֹרַתְכֶם	דְּבוֹרַתְכֶן
	construct	דְּבוֹרַת־	third	דְּבוֹרָתוֹ	דְּבוֹרָתָהּ	דְּבוֹרָתָם	דְּבוֹרָתָן
plural	indefinite	דְּבוֹרִים	first	דבוריי / דְּבוֹרַי		דְּבוֹרֵינוּ
	definite	הַדְּבוֹרִים	second	דְּבוֹרֶיךָ	דבורייך / דְּבוֹרַיִךְ	דְּבוֹרֵיכֶם	דְּבוֹרֵיכֶן
	construct	דְּבוֹרֵי־	third	דְּבוֹרָיו	דְּבוֹרֶיהָ	דְּבוֹרֵיהֶם	דְּבוֹרֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• דְּבוֹרָנִית (dvoranít)

Proper noun

דְּבוֹרָה • (dvorá) f

1. a female given name, Dvora, Debora, or Deborah
2. (biblical) Deborah (a judge of Israel)

References

• H1683 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987), “דְּבוֹרָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 113a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 276b
• “דבורה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• דבורה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he