דוב
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *dubb- (“bear”). Cognate with Arabic دُبٌّ (dubbun, “bear”). Named either after their slow and soft gait,[1][2] or their murmuring.[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [dov]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /dob/, [doːv]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /dov/
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ov
Noun
[edit]דוב / דֹּב • (dov) m (plural indefinite דובים / דֻּבִּים, feminine counterpart דובה / דֻּבָּה) [pattern: קֹטֶל]
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | דוב / דֹּב | first | דובי / דֻּבִּי | דובנו / דֻּבֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הדוב / הַדֹּב | second | דובך / דֻּבְּךָ | דובך / דֻּבֵּךְ | דובכם / דֻּבְּכֶם | דובכן / דֻּבְּכֶן | |
| construct | דוב־ / דֹּב־ | third | דובו / דֻּבּוֹ | דובה / דֻּבָּהּ | דובם / דֻּבָּם | דובן / דֻּבָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | דובים / דֻּבִּים | first | דוביי / דֻּבַּי | דובינו / דֻּבֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הדובים / הַדֻּבִּים | second | דוביך / דֻּבֶּיךָ | דובייך / דֻּבַּיִךְ | דוביכם / דֻּבֵּיכֶם | דוביכן / דֻּבֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | דובי־ / דֻּבֵּי־ | third | דוביו / דֻּבָּיו | דוביה / דֻּבֶּיהָ | דוביהם / דֻּבֵּיהֶם | דוביהן / דֻּבֵּיהֶן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- דֻּבִּי (dúbi, “teddy bear”)
- דוב נמלים / דֹּב נְמָלִים (dov n'malím)
- לא דובים ולא יער / לֹא דֻּבִּים וְלֹא יַעַר (lo dubím v'lo yá'ar)
Proper noun
[edit]דּוֹב • (dov) m
- a male given name, Dov
References
[edit]- H1677 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “דֹּב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 112c
- 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 282a
- “דוב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "דוב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
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דוב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
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