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דָּוִד

𐤃𐤅𐤃

David

H1732 noun

SILEX Entry

Root דוד to love, be loved, show affection

Definition

Personal name: David. Primarily the prominent Israelite royal figure, the youngest son of Jesse from Bethlehem, who became king over Israel. The name also appears as a dynastic title (the 'house of David') referring to his descendants on the throne. In non-personal usages, it rarely functions separately from the historical individual or his dynastic legacy.

Semantic Range

personal name (David), dynastic title (house of David), ancestor of lineage, rarely as a poetic or symbolic figure; always proper noun, never used as a common noun

Root / Etymology

Derived from the root דּוֹד (dwd), meaning 'beloved' or 'uncle,' but functioning as a personal name (theophoric elements, if any, are not retained in the biblical form). The actual form, דָּוִד, lacks the yod found in the more formal דָּוִיד, but these are variant spellings in the biblical text. Core root meaning 'to love, beloved,' but the name's function is proper and not semantically transparent in biblical usage.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name דָּוִד is best known as the name of Israel's second king, renowned for uniting the tribes and establishing Jerusalem as the political center. The name served both as a personal designation and as a marker of dynastic lineage ('house of David'). The form appears with and without the yod in various manuscripts and later literature. Early English translations used 'David' directly without attempting meaning-based translation. While later periods (post-exilic, Hellenistic, and Roman times) associated 'David' with broader messianic expectations, these are developments external to Tanakh usage. The Greek transliteration (Δαυίδ, Dauid) in the Septuagint and New Testament reflects the transliterated rather than translated form. In the monarchic and exilic periods, 'David' is used almost exclusively as a personal or dynastic reference, not as a common noun or descriptor. Unlike some other biblical names, the etymological sense of 'beloved' is not active in textual usage.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.

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Root Family

דוד (d-w-d) — to love, be loved, affection

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1717 דַּד your two breasts
H1721 דֹּדָנִים Dodanites
H1730 דּוֹד father's-brother of
H1731 דּוּד large cooking pots
H1733 דּוֹדָה your paternal aunt

Word Forms

7 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H1732-02 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David 846
H1732-05 לְ/דָוִ֣ד ledavid HR/Np to David to David 158
H1732-07 וְ/דָוִד֩ vedavid HC/Np and David and David 46
H1732-01 בְּ/דָוִ֜ד bedavid HR/Np in David in David 14
H1732-04 כְּ/דָוִ֣ד kedavid HR/Np like David like David 9
H1732-06 וּ/לְ/דָוִ֡ד uledavid HC/R/Np but to David and to David 1
H1732-03 דָויִ֔ד davyid HNp David David 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1075 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:13 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:19 דָּוִ֥ד david HNp David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:20 דָּוִ֥ד david HNp David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:21 דָוִד֙ david HNp David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:22 דָוִד֙ david HNp David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 16:23 דָּוִ֛ד david HNp David David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 17:12 וְ/דָוִד֩ vedavid HC/Np Now David and David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 17:14 וְ/דָוִ֖ד vedavid HC/Np And David and David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 17:15 וְ/דָוִ֛ד vedavid HC/Np but David and David
H1732-05 1 Samuel 17:17 לְ/דָוִ֣ד ledavid HR/Np to David to David
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