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דָּוִד

𐤃𐤅𐤃

David

H1732 noun

SILEX Entry

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.

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

דוד (Dodanim) — to love, to be beloved, uncle

Root דוד to love, be loved, show 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 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H1732-02 דָּוִ֖יד david HNp David David David 846
H1732-05 לְ/דָוִ֖יד ledavid HR/Np to David to David to David 158
H1732-07 וְ/דָוִ֖יד vedavid HC/Np and David and David and David 46
H1732-01 בְּ/דָוִ֔ד bedavid HR/Np in David in David in David 14
H1732-04 כְּ/דָוִ֥ד kedavid HR/Np like David like David like David 9
H1732-03 דָויִ֔ד davyid HNp David David David 1
H1732-06 וּ/לְ/דָוִ֡ד uledavid HC/R/Np but to David and to David and to David 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1075 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:6 דָוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:10 דָּוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:11 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:12 דָּוִ֗ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:12 דָּוִ֑ד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:15 דָוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:16 דָּוִ֑ד david HNp of David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:16 דָוִֽד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:17 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:24 דָּוִ֖ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:25 דָּוִֽד david HNp of David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:27 דָּוִ֑ד david HNp of David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:28 דָּוִ֛ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:33 דָּוִֽד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:34 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:35 דָּוִ֑ד david HNp with David David David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 20:39 וְ/דָוִ֔ד vedavid HC/Np and David and David and David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 20:41 וְ/דָוִ֗ד vedavid HC/Np and David and David and David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 20:41 דָּוִ֖ד david HNp David David David
H1732-05 1 Samuel 20:42 לְ/דָוִ֖ד ledavid HR/Np to David to David to David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:2 דָוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:2 דָּוִ֗ד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:3 דָּוִ֜ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:5 דָּוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:6 דָּוִ֨ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:9 דָּוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:10 דָּוִ֛ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:11 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:12 דָוִ֖ד david HNp David David David
H1732-07 1 Samuel 21:12 וְ/דָוִ֖ד vedavid HC/Np and David and David and David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 21:13 דָּוִ֛ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:1 דָּוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:3 דָּוִ֛ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:4 דָּוִ֖ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:5 דָּוִ֗ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:5 דָּוִ֔ד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:6 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-04 1 Samuel 22:14 כְּ/דָוִ֣ד kedavid HR/Np as David like David like David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:17 דָּוִ֔ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:20 דָוִֽד david HNp David David David
H1732-05 1 Samuel 22:21 לְ/דָוִ֑ד ledavid HR/Np to David to David to David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 22:22 דָּוִ֜ד david HNp David David David
H1732-05 1 Samuel 23:1 לְ/דָוִ֖ד ledavid HR/Np to David to David to David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:2 דָּוִ֤ד david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:2 דָּוִ֗ד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:3 דָוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:4 דָּוִד֙ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:5 דָּוִד֩ david HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:5 דָּוִ֔ד david-2 HNp David David David
H1732-02 1 Samuel 23:6 דָּוִ֖ד david HNp David David David
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