בן

he-proper noun

בֵּן • (bén) m

Root
 ב־ן (b-n)
From Proto-Semitic *bin-.


אבא

he-noun

אַבָּא • (ába) m (plural indefinite אָבוֹת, feminine counterpart אמא)

אַבָּא (canonical)
ába (romanization)
אָבוֹת (indefinite plural)
אמא (feminine)

Borrowed from Aramaic אַבָּא (ʾabbā). Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. Doublet of אָב ('áv), which is inherited.

(Rabbinic Hebrew) Father, especially the speaker's own father.


איש

אִישׁ • ('ish) m (plural indefinite אֲנָשִׁים, singular construct אִישׁ־, plural construct אַנְשֵׁי־, feminine counterpart אישה / אִשָּׁה)

אִישׁ (canonical)
'ish (romanization)
אֲנָשִׁים (indefinite plural)
אִישׁ־ (construct singular)
אַנְשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
אישה (feminine)
אִשָּׁה (feminine)
אִישׁ (indefinite singular)
אִישִׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אִישֵׁנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאִישׁ (definite singular)
אִישְׁךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אִישֵׁךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אִישְׁכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אִישְׁכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אִישׁ־ (construct singular)
אִישׁוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אִישָׁהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אִישָׁם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אִישָׁן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
אֲנָשִׁים (indefinite plural)
אנשיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אֲנָשַׁי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אֲנָשֵׁינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאֲנָשִׁים (definite plural)
אֲנָשֶׁיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אנשייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲנָשַׁיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אַנְשֵׁיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אַנְשֵׁיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אַנְשֵׁי־ (construct plural)
אֲנָשָׁיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲנָשֶׁיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אַנְשֵׁיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אַנְשֵׁיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From Proto-Semitic *ʔinš- (“man, person”). See also *ʔināš- (“human”). Compare cognates in other Semitic languages (e.g. Moabite, Aramaic, etc.) ('šm in some).

b'makóm she'én anashím, hishtadél lihyót ísh

בְּמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ

עַתָּה רוּץ נָא לִקְרָאתָהּ וֶאֱמָר לָהּ הֲשָׁלוֹם לָךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לְאִישֵׁךְ הֲשָׁלוֹם לַיָּלֶד וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם.

Tanach, 2 Kings [[s:he:T09b04#ד_כו|4:26]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

Run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her: Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?' And she answered: 'It is well.'

atá rúts ná lik'ratáh ve'emár láh hashalóm lákh hashalóm l'ishékh hashalóm layéled vatómer shalóm

husband (a man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse)


בעל

בַּעַל • (bá'al) m (plural indefinite בַּעַלִים, plural construct בַּעַלֵי־, feminine counterpart בַּעַלָה)

בַּעַל (canonical)
bá'al (romanization)
בַּעַלִים (indefinite plural)
בַּעַלֵי־ (construct plural)
בַּעַלָה (feminine)

Root
 ב־ע־ל (b-ʿ-l)
From Proto-Semitic *baʕl-.

שני האנשים בעלי תואר מצאו עבודה.

shnei ha'anashím ba'aléi toár mats'ú avodá.

סומך סומך#Hebrew

(only in construct form) having, possessing, (endowed) with (plus a nomen rectum, or סומך (somékh) in Hebrew)


סבא

סַבָּא • (sába) m (feminine counterpart סָבְתָא)

סַבָּא (canonical)
sába (romanization)
סָבְתָא (feminine)


דוד

דּוֹד • (dod) m (plural indefinite דּוֹדִים, plural construct דּוֹדֵי־, feminine counterpart דּוֹדָה)

דּוֹד (canonical)
dod (romanization)
דּוֹדִים (indefinite plural)
דּוֹדֵי־ (construct plural)
דּוֹדָה (feminine)

Root
 ד־ו־ד (d-w-d)
From Proto-West Semitic *dād- (“paternal uncle”).

inh

כוְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־דֹּ֣דָת֔וֹ עֶרְוַ֥ת דֹּד֖וֹ גִּלָּ֑ה חֶטְאָ֥ם יִשָּׂ֖אוּ עֲרִירִ֥ים יָמֻֽתוּ

Tanach, [[s:he:T0320#כ_כ|20:20]], with translation of the King James Version:

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

וַיְהִי אֹמֵן אֶת־הֲדַסָּה הִיא אֶסְתֵּר בַּת־דֹּדוֹ כִּי אֵין לָהּ אָב וָאֵם […]

Tanach, Esther [[s:he:T3302#ב_ז|2:7]], with translation of the King James Version:

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, […]

vay'hí omén et-hadasá hi estér bat-dodó ki en la av va'ém […]

היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?

1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):

Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?

hey dod skar, k'she'eyé mélekh, ma atá tiyé?

uncle (the brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent)

עָנָה דֹודִי וְאָמַר לִי קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃

Tanach, Song of Songs [[s:he:T3002#ב_י|2:10]], with translation of the King James Version:

My beloved spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, come with me. [continues in next verse]

לו שר בנו־עמרם פני דודי מתאדמים העת שתות שכר,
ויפי קצותיו והוד יופיו, לא חק בתורתו: ואת זכר.

13th century, anonymous poet, quoted in Yehuda Alharizi, Sefer Tahkemoni

Had the son of Amram seen the face of my beloved reddened from the foolishness of liquor,
and the beauty of his extremities and the majesty of his beauty, he would not have written in his Torah: "and with a man [do not lie]".

לכה דודי לקראת כלה

16th century, Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Lekhah Dodi (traditional Jewish prayer for Shabbat)


דוד

he-proper noun

דָּוִד • (davíd) m

desc

→ Ancient Greek: Δαυίδ (Dauíd), Δαυείδ (Daueíd), Δᾱβῑ́δ (Dābī́d), Δαυῑ́δης (Dauī́dēs)

→ Latin: Dāvīd

→ Aramaic:

Classical Syriac: ܕܘܝܕ (Dāwīḏ), (informal) ܕܘܝܬ (Dāwīt)

→ Aghwan: 𐔳𐔰𐕛𐔼𐔸 (davit)

→ Georgian: დავითი (daviti)

→ Old Armenian: Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)

From Proto-Semitic verbal root d-w-d ~ w-d-d "to love".

(biblical) David (the second king of Judah and Israel, the successor of King Saul in the Old Testament; the son of Jesse and the father of Nathan and King Solomon)


דוד

he-noun

דּוּד • (dud) m (plural indefinite דּוּדִים, plural construct דּוּדֵי־)

דּוּד (canonical)
dud (romanization)
דּוּדִים (indefinite plural)
דּוּדֵי־ (construct plural)

וְהִכָּה בַכִּיֹּור אֹו בַדּוּד אֹו בַקַּלַּחַת אֹו בַפָּרוּר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲלֶה הַמַּזְלֵג יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן בֹּו כָּכָה יַעֲשׂוּ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַבָּאִים שָׁם בְּשִׁלֹֽה׃

Tanach, 1 Samuel [[s:he:T08a02#ב_יד|2:14]], with translation of the King James Version:

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.


אח

אָח • (ákh) m (plural indefinite אַחִים, singular construct אֲחִי־, plural construct אֲחֵי־, feminine counterpart אָחוֹת)

אָח (canonical)
ákh (romanization)
אַחִים (indefinite plural)
אֲחִי־ (construct singular)
אֲחֵי־ (construct plural)
אָחוֹת (feminine)
אָח (indefinite singular)
אָחִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אָחִינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאָח (definite singular)
אָחִיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אָחִיךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אֲחִיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲחִיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אֲחִי־ (construct singular)
אָחִיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אָחִיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אֲחִיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אֲחִיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
אַחִים (indefinite plural)
אחיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אַחַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
אַחֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הָאַחִים (definite plural)
אַחֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
אחייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אַחַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
אַחֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
אַחֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
אַחֵי־ (construct plural)
אֶחָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
אַחֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
אַחֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
אַחֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

brother (son of the same parents as another person)


אח

אח, שכחתי מזה.

הַכֵּה בְכַפְּךָ וּרְקַע בְּרַגְלְךָ וֶאֱמָר אָח

Tanach, Ezekiel [[s:he:T1206#ו_יא|6:11]], with translation of the King James Version:

Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas

haké v'khap'khá urká b'ragl'khá ve'emór ákh

darn it, oh, no, alas, ach: an expression of dismay.


גיס

גִּיס • (gís) m (feminine counterpart גִּיסָה)

גִּיס (canonical)
gís (romanization)
גִּיסָה (feminine)


אחיין

אחיין / אַחְיָן • (akhyán) m (plural indefinite אחיינים / אַחְיָנִים, feminine counterpart אחיינית / אַחְיָנִית)

אַחְיָן (canonical)
akhyán (romanization)
אחיינים (indefinite plural)
אַחְיָנִים (indefinite plural)
אחיינית (feminine)
אַחְיָנִית (feminine)

יש לו שלושה אחים ושבעה אחיינים.

He has three brothers and seven nephews.

yesh lo shloshá akhím v'shiv'á akhyaním.

אחיינית שלי עבדה שם.


סב

סָב • (sav) m (plural indefinite סָבִים, singular construct סַב־, plural construct סָבֵי־, feminine counterpart סָבָה)

סָב (canonical)
sav (romanization)
סָבִים (indefinite plural)
סַב־ (construct singular)
סָבֵי־ (construct plural)
סָבָה (feminine)
סָב (indefinite singular)
סָבִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סָבֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסָּב (definite singular)
סָבְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סָבֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סַבְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סַבְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סַב־ (construct singular)
סָבוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סָבָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סָבָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סָבָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
סָבִים (indefinite plural)
סביי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סָבַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
סָבֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַסָּבִים (definite plural)
סָבֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
סבייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סָבַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
סָבֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
סָבֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
סָבֵי־ (construct plural)
סָבָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
סָבֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
סָבֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
סָבֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

From Aramaic סָבא (sāƀā) "ancestor; elder; grandfather"; related to native Hebrew שָׂב (sav).


חתן

Root
 ח־ת־ן (kh-t-n)
Cognate with Arabic خَتَن (ḵatan, “son-in-law or brother-in-law”), which comes from a root (خ ت ن (ḵ-t-n)) related to both circumcision and matrimonial links.

cog

חותן חותן#Hebrew


חתן

חִתֵּן (canonical)
khitén (romanization)

חיתן חיתן#Hebrew


עורך דין

he-noun

עוֹרֵךְ דִּין

עוֹרְכֵי דִּין

עוֹרֶכֶת דִּין

עוֹרֵךְ דִּין • (orékh dín) m (plural indefinite [עוֹרֵךְ]]_דִּין " lang="he">עוֹרְכֵי דִּין, feminine counterpart עוֹרֶכֶת דִּין)

עוֹרֵךְ דִּין (canonical)
orékh dín (romanization)
עוֹרְכֵי דִּין (indefinite plural)
עוֹרֶכֶת דִּין (feminine)


אלמן

אַלְמָן • (almán) m (feminine counterpart אַלְמָנָה)

אַלְמָן (canonical)
almán (romanization)
אַלְמָנָה (feminine)

widower (a man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow)


בן דוד

בְּנֵי־דוֹדִים

בֶּן־דּוֹד • (ben-dód) m (plural indefinite [בֶּן]]־דּוֹד " lang="he">בְּנֵי־דוֹד or [בֶּן]]־דּוֹד " lang="he">בְּנֵי־דוֹדִים, feminine counterpart בַּת־דּוֹד)

בֶּן ־דּוֹד (canonical)
ben-dód (romanization)
בְּנֵי־דוֹד (indefinite plural)
בְּנֵי־דוֹדִים (indefinite plural)
בַּת־דּוֹד (feminine)


נכד

נֶכֶד • (nékhed) m (plural indefinite נְכָדִים, feminine counterpart נֶכְדָּה) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

נֶכֶד (canonical)
nékhed (romanization)
נְכָדִים (indefinite plural)
נֶכְדָּה (feminine)


בן זוג

בֶּן זוּג • (ben zúg) m (plural indefinite [בֶּן]]_זוּג " lang="he">בְּנֵי זוּג, feminine counterpart בַּת זוּג)

בֶּן זוּג (canonical)
ben zúg (romanization)
בְּנֵי זוּג (indefinite plural)
בַּת זוּג (feminine)

Compare similar in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܒܲܪ ܙܵܘܓܵܐ (bar zāwgā).


בן משפחה

he-noun

בֶּן מִשְׁפָּחָה

בֶּן מִשְׁפָּחָה • (ben mishpakhá) m (feminine counterpart בת משפחה)

בֶּן מִשְׁפָּחָה (canonical)
ben mishpakhá (romanization)
בת משפחה (feminine)