H1730I

דּוֹד

dodH:N-M

beloved: male relative

: male_relative 1) beloved, love, uncle 1a) loved one, beloved 1b) uncle 1c) love (pl. abstract)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

דּוֺד noun masculine^{Song 1:2} beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac ; Assyrian dâdu Dl^{HA 19}) — absolute דּוֺד Song 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1Sam 10:14 + 3 t.; דֹּד Lev 10:4; Esth 2:15 suffix דּוֺדִי Isa 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 t. all Canticles; דֹּדִי Jer 32:8 + 2 t.; דֹּדְךָ Jer 32:7 דּוֺדֵךְ Song 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 t.; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1Sam 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Lev 20:20 + 4 t.; דּוֺדָהּ Song 8:5 plural דּוֺדִים Song 5:1 דֹּדִים Prov 7:18; Ezek 16:8; Ezek 23:17 plural suffix דֹּדַי Song 7:13 דֹּדֶיךָ Song 1:2; Song 1:4 דֹּדַיִךְ Song 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Num 36:11 —

1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Song 1:13; Song 1:14; Song 1:16; Song 2:3; Song 2:8; Song 2:9; Song 2:10; Song 2:16; Song 2:17; Song 4:16; Song 5:2; Song 5:4; Song 5:5; Song 5:6 (twice in verse); Song 5:8; Song 5:9 (twice in verse); Song 5:10; Song 5:16; Song 6:1 (twice in verse); Song 6:2; Song 6:3 (twice in verse); Song 7:10; Song 7:11; Song 7:12; Song 7:14; Song 8:5; Song 8:14 beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֺדִי Isa 5:1 (where Lo Che דודים ׳שׁ love-song, see 3 below)

2. specifically uncle, Lev 10:4 (father's brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Num 36:11; 1Sam 14:50; 2Kgs 24:17; Lev 20:20; Lev 25:49 (twice in verse); 1Sam 10:14; 1Sam 10:15; 1Sam 10:16; Esth 2:7; Esth 2:15; Jer 32:7; Jer 32:8; Jer 32:9; Jer 32:12 perhaps also 1Chr 27:32 Jonathan, David's דּוֺד so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Amos 6:10.

3. plural abstract love Prov 7:18; Song 1:2; Song 1:4; Song 4:10 (twice in verse); Song 5:1 (Song 5:1 and elsewhere concrete beloved ones, so AV RV, ᵐ5 ἀδελφυἰ; so עֵת דדים Ezek 16:8 מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ezek 23:17.

16 occurrences

Leviticus (3), Numbers (1), I Samuel (4), II Kings (1), Esther (2), Jeremiah (4), Amos (1)