גדי

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ד־ה (g-d-h)

Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא (gaḏyā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

גְּדִי • (gdí) m (plural indefinite גְּדָיִים, feminine counterpart גְּדִיָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גֶּדִי) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. kid, calf; young bovid, especially goat
   • Tanach, Exodus 23:19:

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     Tanach, Exodus 34:26:

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     Tanach, Deuteronomy 14:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ׃

     lo-t'vashél gdí bakhalév 'imó.
     lō-ṯəḇaššēl gəḏī baḥălēḇ ʾimmō.

     Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.

   • Tanach, Isaiah 11:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃

     v'gár z'év 'im-kéves v'namér 'im-gdí yirbáts v'égel ukh'fír um'rí yakhdáv v'ná'ar katón nohég bám.
     wəḡār zəʾēḇ ʿim-kéḇeś wənāmēr ʿim-gəḏī yirbāṣ wəʿḗḡel ūḵəp̄īr ūmərī yaḥdāw wnáʿar qāṭōn nōhēḡ bām.

     And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

References

• H1423 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

גְּדִי • (g'dí) m

1. (astronomy) Capricorn (: Capricornus)
2. (astrology) Capricorn (: The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology))

Derived terms

• חוּג הַגְּדִי (khúg hag'dí)

Proper noun

גָּדִי • (gádi)

1. a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד (gad)

See also

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה (Talé)	שׁוֹר (Shor)	תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim)	סַרְטָן (Sartan)
אַרְיֵה (Aryé)	בְּתוּלָה (Betulá)	מאזניים (Moznayim)	עַקְרָב (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת (Kashat)	גְּדִי (Gdi)	דְּלִי (Dli)	דָּגִים (Dagim)