זאב

Hebrew

Root
ז־א־ב (z-ʾ-b)
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb-, with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈzʔib/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈzʔeːv/, [zeˈʔeːv]
• (Yemenite) IPA^(key): /zəˈʔev/, [zeˈʔeːv]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zeˈʔev/

Noun

זְאֵב • (zəʔeḇ, ze'év) m (plural indefinite זְאֵבִים, feminine counterpart זְאֵבָה) [pattern: קְטֵל]

1. (zoology, countable) wolf

Declension

Declension of זְאֵב

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	זְאֵב	first	זְאֵבִי		זְאֵבֵנוּ
	definite	הַזְּאֵב	second	זְאֵבְךָ	זְאֵבֵךְ	זְאֵבְכֶם	זְאֵבְכֶן
	construct	זְאֵב־	third	זְאֵבוֹ	זְאֵבָהּ	זְאֵבָם	זְאֵבָן
plural	indefinite	זְאֵבִים	first	זאביי / זְאֵבַי		זְאֵבֵינוּ
	definite	הַזְּאֵבִים	second	זְאֵבֶיךָ	זאבייך / זְאֵבַיִךְ	זְאֵבֵיכֶם	זְאֵבֵיכֶן
	construct	זְאֵבֵי־	third	זְאֵבָיו	זְאֵבֶיהָ	זְאֵבֵיהֶם	זְאֵבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• זְאֵב טָלוּא (ze'év talú)
• זְאֵב עֲרָבוֹת (ze'év aravót)
• זְאֵב־הַיָּם (ze'év-hayám)
• כֶּלֶב זְאֵב (kélev ze'év)

Proper noun

זְאֵב • (ze'év) m

1. a male given name, Zeeb or Zeev
2. (astronomy) Lupus (a summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf)

References

• “זאב” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "זאב" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• זאב on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
• זאב (קבוצת כוכבים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he