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Strong's #1678 - דֹּב
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1071) bd (דב DB) AC: Rest CO: ? AB: ?: The pictograph d is a picture of the a tent door. The b is a representation of a tent. Combined these mean "the door of the tent". The door of the tent was the place of relaxation for the father. Here he would watch his family, livestock and the road for approaching visitors (see Genesis 18:1) . This root is related to the root db(a reversal of the letters) .
A) bd (דב DB) AC: ? CO: Slow AB: ?: Something that is slow and quiet.
Nf1) ebd (דבה DBH) - Slander: Speaking evil of another (usually done quietly) . KJV (9): slander, evil report, infamy - Strongs: H1681 (דִּבָּה)
B) bbd (דבב DBB) AC: Whisper CO: ? AB: ?: A quiet speech.
V) bbd (דבב DBB) - Whisper: A quiet speaking as when sleeping. [df: Ppu] KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Pilpel, Participle) speak, whisper - Strongs: H1680 (דָּבַב), H6850 (צָפַף)
C) bda (אדב ADB) AC: Grieve CO: ? AB: ?: A quiet state.
V) bda (אדב ADB) - Grieve: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) grieve - Strongs: H109 (אָדַב)
D) bad (דאב DAB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorrow: A quiet state.
V) bad (דאב DAB) - Mourn: KJV (3): (vf: Paal) sorrow, sorrowful, mourn - Strongs: H1669 (דָּאַב)
Nf1) ebad (דאבה DABH) - Sorrow: KJV (1): sorrow - Strongs: H1670 (דְּאָבָה)
jm) nfbad (דאבונ DABWN) - Sorrow: KJV (1): sorrow - Strongs: H1671 (דְּאָבוֹן)
E) abd (דבא DBA) AC: ? CO: Rest AB: ?
Nm ) abd (דבא DBA) - Rest: KJV (1): strength - Strongs: H1679 (דֹּבֶא)
J) bfd (דוב DWB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorrow
V) bfd (דוב DWB) - Sorrow: One who moves slowly. KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) sorrow - Strongs: H1727 (דּוּב)
Nm/f) bfd (דוב DWB) - B KJV (13): bear - Strongs: H1677 (דּוֹב), H1678 (דֹּב)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
דֹּב and דּוֹב masc. epicœne a bear, so called from its slow pace (see the root דָּבַב ), 1 Samuel 17:34, 36 1 Samuel 17:36, 37 1 Samuel 17:37; 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; Hosea 13:8, דֹּב שַׁבּוּל “a bear (i.e. she bear) robbed of its whelps.” Plur. דֻּבִּים f. she bears, 2 Kings 2:24. (Arab. دُبُّ, دُبَّةُ, a he bear, a she bear.)
דֹּב Ch. id. Daniel 7:5.