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H1755

דּוֹר

dorH:N-M

generation

1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling 1a) period, age, generation (period of time) 1b) generation (those living during a period) 1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men) 1d) dwelling-place, habitation Aramaic equivalent: dar (דָּר "generation" H1859)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeut 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) דָּר, , age, generation; Arabic gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Gen 7:1 + 68 t.; דֹּר Exod 3:15 36 t.; construct דּוֺר Deut 32:20 + 7 t., דֹּר Exod 3:15 suffix דּוֺרִי Isa 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isa 53:8 plural דּוֺרִים Ps 72:5 + 2 t., דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isa 41:4 construct Judg 3:2 דּוֺרוֺת construct Isa 51:9, דֹּרֹת Gen 9:12 suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Gen 6:9; Lev 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Josh 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ vJosh 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Gen 17:12 + 27 t., דֹּרֹתָם Gen 17:7 + 10 t.; —

1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
  a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isa 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deut 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Ps 90:1 (compare vPs 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isa 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isa 61:4 (|| id.)
  b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exod 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Prov 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exod 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isa 34:10 לְדֹר וָדֹר Ps 10:6; Ps 33:11 (|| לעולם) Ps 49:12; Ps 79:13; Ps 85:6; Ps 102:13; Ps 119:90; Ps 135:13; Ps 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Ps 89:2 (|| עולם) Ps 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Ps 106:31 (|| id.) Isa 34:17 (|| id.); Ps 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Ps 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isa 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jer 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jer 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esth 9:28 שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Ps 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isa 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Ps 72:5 יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isa 51:8 (|| לעולם).
  c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Ps 102:25 בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Ps 145:13 לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lam 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Eccl 1:4: specifically
  a. in the present, and (or) the past Gen 7:1 (J) Exod 1:6 (P) Num 32:13 (JE) Deut 1:35; Deut 2:14; Judg 2:10 (twice in verse); Isa 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jer 2:31 also Ps 95:10; Job 8:8; Isa 41:4.
  b. Judg 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Gen 6:9 (i.e. his own generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
  c. especially of a future generation Gen 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deut 23:3; Deut 23:4; Deut 23:9 also Deut 29:21; Ps 48:14; Ps 71:18; Ps 78:4; Ps 78:6; Ps 102:19; Ps 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Ps 22:31; Ps 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Ps 145:4 בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esth 9:28 usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Gen 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Ps 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1Chr 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deut 7:9 see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16 usually plural with suffix Gen 17:7; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:12; Exod 12:14; Exod 12:17; Exod 12:42; Exod 16:32; Exod 16:33; Exod 27:21; Exod 29:42; Exod 30:8; Exod 30:10; Exod 30:21; Exod 30:31; Exod 31:13; Exod 31:16; Exod 40:15; Lev 3:17; Lev 6:11; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:9 (all P); Lev 17:7; Lev 21:17; Lev 22:3; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31; Lev 23:41; Lev 23:43; Lev 24:3; Lev 25:30 (all H); Num 9:10; Num 10:8; Num 15:14; Num 15:15; Num 15:21; Num 15:23; Num 15:38; Num 18:23; Num 35:29; Josh 22:27; Josh 22:28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked generation Deut 32:5 (song) compare vDeut 32:20; Ps 78:8 (twice in verse); Jer 7:29 of different classes of wicked, Prov 30:11; Prov 30:12; Prov 30:13; Prov 30:14 compare Ps 12:8 of the righteous, as a class Ps 14:5; Ps 24:6; Ps 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Ps 112:2 (compare Ps 22:31 ᵑ0, but < Che joins לדור to vPs 22:32 compare above below 2 c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Ps 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isa 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Ps 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.

דָּר noun [masculine] generation (Biblical Hebrew דּוֺר); — absolute in phrase עִםדָּֿר וְדָו Dan 3:33; Dan 4:31 (is) with generation and generation, i.e. endures generation after generation.

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