דוד

• דֹּד‎ (defective spelling)

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /doːð/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dod/

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

1. (A person's) uncle: a parent's sibling, or an aunt's husband.
   • c. 300 BCE, Esther 2:7, with translation of the King James Version:

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

     vay'hí omén et-hadasa hi estér bat-dodó ki ein lah av va'ém […]

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

2. (A person's) beloved.
   • Song of Songs 2:10, with translation of the King James Version:

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

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

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

     ‏לכה דודי לקראת כלה‬‎

     Come, my beloved, to meet the bride

• דויד‎
• דוויד‎

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daˈvid/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.vəd/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dɔːˈwiːð/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daːˈwiːð/

דָּוִד • (davíd) m

1. David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.
2. A male given name, David.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dud/

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

1. (Biblical Hebrew) a cauldron
   • 1 Samuel 2:14, with translation of the King James Version:

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

     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.

2. (hence, modern) a water heater

• דּוּד שֶׁמֶשׁ‎ (dud shémesh)

From Hebrew.

דוד • (doved) m

1. David, the Biblical son of Jesse and second king of ancient Israel.
2. A male given name: David.