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דּוּד

𐤃𐤅𐤃

dûwd

H1731 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A cooking vessel, typically a large pot or cauldron used for boiling or stewing food. Carries the sense of a round, deep container, often with a lid and sometimes with handles. In some contexts, may refer to a basket, especially one of similar shape or capacity, but primary usage is that of a cooking vessel.

Semantic Range

large cooking pot, cauldron, kettle, stewpot, (by extension or analogy) basket

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root דּוֹד (dod), which carries a primary meaning of 'beloved' or 'uncle,' though in the case of דּוּד (dûwd) the connection is likely through shape or containment, not familial relationship. The relation to 'basket' or 'pot' is likely based on the shape and function of the object. The root meaning and the vessel meaning are only tangentially connected, and some modern lexicographers treat the 'vessel' sense as a separate root or as an onomatopoeic development. Thus, etymology uncertain, possible convergence with a distinct root for 'container.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In biblical Hebrew, דּוּד (dûwd) appears primarily in legal, ritual, and narrative contexts describing large pots or cauldrons used in food preparation, such as for boiling meat or 'seething' (Exodus 16:3, 1 Samuel 2:14). The term is not interchangeable with סִיר (sîr), which is another type of cooking vessel, sometimes smaller or of different shape; 'dûwd' is often larger or used for communal cooking. In the prophetic books (e.g., Ezekiel 24), it is used metaphorically to symbolize collective fate or judgment, emphasizing the imagery of being boiled together. The use of 'basket' is rare and typically understood by contextual clues or by later interpretive traditions; in most biblical passages, 'dûwd' refers to a cooking vessel. In later Hebrew and Aramaic, the meaning as a pot or kettle persists. English translations as 'pot,' 'caldron,' or (rarely) 'basket' do not always convey the size and communal nature suggested by many occurrences. The English 'kettle' occasionally appears but does not capture the full semantic range in English. The tendency in medieval and modern translations to use 'caldron' or 'pot' for דּוּד risks obscuring the original communal or ritual connotations present in some biblical passages.

Translation Consistency

primary "pot" 2 occurrences

Primary sense is a large cooking vessel; 'pot' is the most natural, concise English noun that covers pots, cauldrons, kettles and stewpots. It is common, easily inflected for number, and will read naturally across contexts where the term may also extend by analogy to basket-like containers.

Alternatives (5 occurrences):
"basket" (2x) "baskets" (1x) "cauldron" (1x) "cauldrons" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from the same as דּוֹד; a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basket; basket, caldron, kettle, (seething) pot.

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Root Family

דוד (d-w-d) — to boil, to contain (as a vessel)

Root דוד to boil, to contain (as a vessel)
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1717 דַּד your two breasts
H1721 דֹּדָנִים Dodanites
H1730 דּוֹד father's-brother of
H1732 דָּוִד in David
H1733 דּוֹדָה your paternal aunt

Word Forms

7 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H1731-07 וְ/הַ/דּ֣וּד vehadud HC/Td/Ncmsa and-the basket and the boiling pot and the basket 1
H1731-02 הַ/דּ֣וּד hadud HTd/Ncmsa the basket the boiling-pot the basket 1
H1731-04 מִ/דּ֥וּד midud HR/Ncmsa from basket boiling cauldron from cauldron 1
H1731-05 וּ/בַ/דְּוָדִים֙ uvadevadim HC/Rd/Ncmpa and in cauldrons boiling pots and in cauldrons 1
H1731-01 בַּ/דּוּדִ֔ים badudim HRd/Ncmpa in baskets large cooking pots in baskets 1
H1731-03 כְּ/ד֖וּד kedud HR/Ncmsa like a pot like a boiling pot like a pot 1
H1731-06 בַ/דּ֗וּד vadud HRd/Ncmsa into the kettle large boiling pot in the large boiling pot 1

Occurrences in Scripture

7 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H1731-06 1 Samuel 2:14 בַ/דּ֗וּד vadud HRd/Ncmsa into the kettle large boiling pot in the large boiling pot
H1731-01 2 Kings 10:7 בַּ/דּוּדִ֔ים badudim HRd/Ncmpa in baskets large cooking pots in baskets
H1731-02 Jeremiah 24:2 הַ/דּ֣וּד hadud HTd/Ncmsa the basket the boiling-pot the basket
H1731-07 Jeremiah 24:2 וְ/הַ/דּ֣וּד vehadud HC/Td/Ncmsa and-the basket and the boiling pot and the basket
H1731-04 Psalms 81:7 מִ/דּ֥וּד midud HR/Ncmsa from basket boiling cauldron from cauldron
H1731-03 Job 41:12 כְּ/ד֖וּד kedud HR/Ncmsa like a pot like a boiling pot like a pot
H1731-05 2 Chronicles 35:13 וּ/בַ/דְּוָדִים֙ uvadevadim HC/Rd/Ncmpa and in cauldrons boiling pots and in cauldrons
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