דֹּב
Used: 12 times · Key: 1677 · BDB: דֹּב²
Glosses
a.bear (4); bear (4); [female].bears (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
bear tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. bear tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Pr 28:15, f. 2 K 2:24 (seld.) bear (from soft or gliding motion, NH id., Ethiopic ድብ Assyrian dabû(?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, ܕܶܒܳܐ; Arabic دُبٌّ, دُبَّةٌ, is however a loan-word cf. Hom NS 301 f.);—abs. דֹּב Am 5:19 + 5 times; דּוֹב 1 S 17:34 + 2 times; pl. דֻּבִּים 2 K 2:24; Is 59:11;—bear, female 2 K 2:24; 2 S 17:8; Pr 17:12; Ho 13:8 cf. Is 11:7; undetermined 1 S 17:34, 36, 37 Am 5:19 Pr 28:15; Is 59:11; La 3:10 (on art. 1 S 17:34; Am 5:19 cf. RSSem i 119 n.)
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «דֹּב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃
Word for word: [is].a.bear [which].lies.in.wait he to me a.lion in secret.places
JPS 1917: He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
אֲרִי־נֹ֭הֵם וְדֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם־דָּֽל׃
Word for word: [is].a.lion roaring and a.bear rushing a.ruler wicked over a.people poor
JPS 1917: As a roaring lion, and a ravenous bear; so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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