דבורה

Hebrew

Root
ד־ב־ר (d-b-r)
13 terms

דבורה

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *dVbr- (“bee”). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā), Amharic ዲቧራ (dibʷara), Arabic دَبُّور (dabbūr), زُنْبُور (zunbūr), Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡌࡁࡅࡓࡀ (zimbura), Aramaic דְּבוֹרְתָא, זִיבּוֹרָא.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dəboːˈraː/, [də̆voːˈraː]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dəboˈra/, [davoːˈʀaː]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dvoˈʁa/

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Noun

דְּבוֹרָה • (dvorá) f (plural indefinite דְּבוֹרִים, singular construct דְּבוֹרַת־, plural construct דְּבוֹרֵי־) [pattern: קְטוֹלָה]

1. bee

Declension

Declension of דְּבוֹרָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	דְּבוֹרָה	first	דְּבוֹרָתִי		דְּבוֹרָתֵנוּ
	definite	הַדְּבוֹרָה	second	דְּבוֹרָתְךָ	דְּבוֹרָתֵךְ	דְּבוֹרַתְכֶם	דְּבוֹרַתְכֶן
	construct	דְּבוֹרַת־	third	דְּבוֹרָתוֹ	דְּבוֹרָתָהּ	דְּבוֹרָתָם	דְּבוֹרָתָן
plural	indefinite	דְּבוֹרִים	first	דבוריי / דְּבוֹרַי		דְּבוֹרֵינוּ
	definite	הַדְּבוֹרִים	second	דְּבוֹרֶיךָ	דבורייך / דְּבוֹרַיִךְ	דְּבוֹרֵיכֶם	דְּבוֹרֵיכֶן
	construct	דְּבוֹרֵי־	third	דְּבוֹרָיו	דְּבוֹרֶיהָ	דְּבוֹרֵיהֶם	דְּבוֹרֵיהֶן

Proper noun

דְּבוֹרָה • (dvorá) f

1. a female given name, Dvora, Debora, or Deborah
2. (biblical) Deborah (a judge of Israel)

References

• H1683 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “דְּבוֹרָה”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 113a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 276b
• “דבורה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• דבורה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he