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דב 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).The pictograph is a picture of the tent door. The is a representation of a tent. Combined these mean "the door of the tent". דב Something that is slow and quiet. דיבה di-bah (fem.) SLANDER: Speaking evil of another (usually done quietly). Strong's #: 1681 דבב A quiet speech. דבב WHISPER (V): A quiet speaking as when sleeping. Alternate spelling: צפף Strong's #: 1680, 6850 אדב A quiet state. אדב GRIEVE (V): Strong's #: 109 דאב A quiet state. דאב BROOD (V): Strong's #: 1669 דאבה (fem.) SORROW: Strong's #: 1670 דאבון (masc.) BROODING: Strong's #: 1671 דבא דובא do-ve (masc.) DEMISE: Meaning dubious. Strong's #: 1679 דוב דוב d.w.b SORROW (V): One who moves slowly. Strong's #: 1727 דוב BEAR: A slow moving animal. Strong's #: 1677, 1678 דבש A thick, sticky substance such as dates or honey. דבש de-vash (masc.) HONEY: A sweet material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees. Also, dates as a thick, sticky and sweet food. Strong's #: 1706 דבשת (fem.) HUMP: The hump of a camel as a sticky mass. Strong's #: 1707 דג The darting around of fish.The pictograph is a picture of the tent door which is a curtain hung over the entrance of the tent. To gain entrance to the tent or to leave, the curtain moved back and forth. Also, the door is used for moving back and forth from the tent to the outside. The is a representation of a foot. The combined meaning of these two letters is "the back and forth moving of the foot (or tail)". The tail of a fish moves back and forth to propel itself through the water. דג דג dag (masc.) / דגה da-gah (fem.) FISH: An aquatic animal. Only fish with scales and fins are considered fit for food (clean). Alternate spelling: דאג Strong's #: 1709, 1710 דגן da-gan (masc.) CEREAL: Relating to grain or plants that produce it. A plentiful crop. Strong's #: 1715 דאג The back and forth darting of a fish in the water. דאג ANXIOUS (V): An anxious behavior like a fish darting in the water. Strong's #: 1672 דאגה (fem.) ANXIETY: An anxious behavior like a fish darting in the water. Strong's #: 1674 דגה As an abundant amount of fish in a net. דגה d.g.h AMPLIFY (V): To expand, multiply or increase. Strong's #: 1711 דוג One who catches fish and his equipment. דוג (masc.) FISHERMAN: Strong's #: 1728 דוגה (fem.) FISHING: Strong's #: 1729 דיג דיג (masc.) FISH: Strong's #: 1770, 1771 דדנ דדן (masc.) LOW. COUNTRY: Alternate spelling: דודן Strong's #: n/a דד The part of the female body invoking heat of passion and love. The pictograph is a picture of the tent door which hangs down from the top of the tent entrance. The use of this letter twice indicates "two danglers" representing a woman's breasts. דד דד (masc.) TEAT: Strong's #: 1717 דדה The grace and beauty of the breast. דדה MOVE (V): The graceful and soft movement of a woman. Strong's #: 1718 דוד The boiling of a liquid in a pot or the passion of a person for another. דוד dod (masc.) BELOVED: One who is cherished by another. Strong's #: 1730 דוד dud (masc.) KETTLE: Strong's #: 1731 דודה do-dah (fem.) AUNT: The sister of one's father or mother. One who is loved. Strong's #: 1733 ידד The passion of a person for another. ידיד (masc.) CHERISHED: One who is loved. Strong's #: 3039 ידידות (fem.) PASSION: Strong's #: 3033 דדי דודי du-dai (masc.) MANDRAKES: A plant boiled as an aphrodisiac. Strong's #: 1736 דל The tent door was hung down as a curtain, covering the entrance to the tent, from a horizontal pole. The door was then moved to the side for going in and out of the tent.The pictograph is a door. The is a picture of staff and represents any rod. Combined these pictures mean "the door on the rod". דל Any object that dangles such as a bucket that is hung from a rope down a well to retrieve water. The hair hangs from the head. A poor or weak person hangs the head in poverty. דל dal (masc.) WEAK: One who dangles the head in poverty or hunger. Strong's #: 1800 דלה (fem.) POOR: One who hangs head low in weakness. What hangs from the head and is easily blown by the wind. Strong's #: 1803 דלת de-let (fem.) DOOR: A means of access; usually a swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed and opened. Strong's #: 1817 דלל דלל BROUGHT. LOW (V): To be brought down low such as the head in humility or a dried up river. Strong's #: 1809 דלה Anything that dangles down and swings back and forth, such as a branch, hair or door. דלה d.l.h DRAW. UP (V): To bale up. To lift the bucket out of the well for drawing water. Strong's #: 1802 דליה (fem.) BRANCH: Dangles from a tree blowing back and forth in the wind. Strong's #: 1808 דלי (masc.) BUCKET: Dangles from a rope to draw water and lifted out of the well. Strong's #: 1805 דלג דלג LEAP (V): Strong's #: 1801 דלף דלף d.l.p DRIP (V): Strong's #: 1811 דלף (masc.) DRIP: Strong's #: 1812 חדל חדל hh.d.l TERMINATE (V): To stop or refrain from continuing an action. Strong's #: 2308 חדל (masc.) REJECTED: Something that is made to cease to function. Strong's #: 2310 דם Similarly, the grape plant takes water from the ground and moves it to the fruit where the water becomes the blood of the grape.The pictograph is a door representing the idea of moving back and forth. The is a picture of water and can represent any liquid especially blood. Combined these pictures mean "the moving back and forth of water" or the "flowing of blood". דם The blood of man is also water, which moves through the body. When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. דם dam (masc.) BLOOD: May also be translated as; Bloodshed (when in the plural form). The red fluid that circulates through the body. Strong's #: 1818 דמם When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent and still. דמם d.m.m BE. SILENT (V): To come to a standstill in speech or deed. To be quiet; refrain from speech or action. Strong's #: 1826 דממה (fem.) SILENT: Strong's #: 1827 דומם (masc.) SILENT: Strong's #: 1748 אדם The color red, the color of blood, man and the earth. אדם a.d.m BE. RED (V): To be ruddy. To have a dark reddish color. Strong's #: 119 אדם a-dam (masc.) HUMAN: Of, relating to, or characteristic of man. The first man. All of mankind as the descendants of the first man. Strong's #: 120 אדמה a-da-mah (fem.) GROUND: The surface of the earth. From its reddish color. Strong's #: 127 אדום a-dom (masc.) / אדומה a-du-mah (fem.) RED: Of the color red. Ruddy; florid. Strong's #: 122 אודם o-dem (fem.) CARNELIAN: Probably the Carnelian, a reddish brown gemstone. The Hebrew word is from a root meaning red or reddish. Another possible translation is Jasper. Strong's #: 124 אדמדם (masc.) / אדמדמת a-dam-da-met (fem.) REDDISH: Strong's #: 125 אדמוני ad-mo-niy (masc.) RUDDY: Having a healthy reddish color. Strong's #: 132 הדם הדם (masc.) PIECE: Something cut into pieces. Strong's #: 1917 הדום (masc.) STOOL: Strong's #: 1916 דהם When excited or scared ones blood pressure increases and is unable to speak. דהם DUMB (V): To be speechless. Strong's #: 1724 דמה A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. דמה d.m.h RESEMBLE (V): To be like, similar or compared to something else. To become silent as one dead. Strong's #: 1819, 1820, 1821 דמות da-mut (fem.) LIKENESS: Copy; resemblance. The quality or state of being like something or someone else. As a son from the blood of his father resembles his father. Strong's #: 1823 דמיון (masc.) SIMILARLY: Strong's #: 1825 דום When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. דומה (fem.) SILENCED: Strong's #: 1745, 1822 דמי (masc.) SILENT: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. Strong's #: 1824 דומיה (fem.) SILENCE: Strong's #: 1747 דמע The weeping of the eyes. The juice of the grape or other fruit that seeps out. דמע WEEP (V): The seeping of tears from the eye. Strong's #: 1830 דמע de-ma (masc.) FRUIT. PRESS: The liquid that seeps out of the fruit and used in making oils and juices. Strong's #: 1831 דימעה (fem.) WEEPING: Strong's #: 1832 סדמ סדום sa-gan (masc.) SCORCHING: A word of uncertain meaning. Strong's #: n/a קדם The place of the rising sun. The Hebrews recognized the east as the top of the four compass points (contrary to our understanding of north) and is the direction faced when orienting direction. The past is understood as what is in front, or before, you as the past is known (contrary to our understanding of the future being in front of us). קדם q.d.m FACE. TOWARD (V): To face another or meet face to face; to go before someone or something in space or time. In the sense of facing the rising sun. Strong's #: 6923 קדם qe-dem (masc.) EAST: The general direction of sunrise. As in front when facing the rising sun. Also, the ancient past. Strong's #: 6924 קדמה (fem.) PAST. TIME: A time that is before. Strong's #: 6927, 6928 קדים qa-dim (masc.) EAST. WIND: The wind that comes from the east. Toward the east as the origin of the east wind. Strong's #: 6921 קידמה qid-mah (fem.) EASTWARD: Toward the east. Before another space or time; as the east is in front when facing the rising sun. Strong's #: 6926 קדמי (masc.) FIRST: As what came before. Strong's #: 6933 קודם (masc.) TO. THE. FRONT: Something in front, or to the face as the rising sun is in front. Strong's #: 6925 קדמון (masc.) EASTERN: Strong's #: 6930 קדמוני (masc.) EASTSIDE: The eastside of a place. Can also mean an ancient one as one from a distant past. Strong's #: 6931 רדם רדם DEEP. SLEEP (V): To be in a deep sleep or trance. Strong's #: 7290 תרדמה tar-dey-mah (fem.) TRANCE: A state of partly suspended animation or inability to function. A deep sleep or unconsciousness. Strong's #: 8639 דן The ancient Hebrew concept of a "judge" is one who restores life. The goal of one that rules or judges is to bring a pleasant and righteous life to the people. This can also mean a deliverer as one whom restores life to his people. The pictograph is a picture of a door. The is a picture of a seed representing the idea of life. Combined these pictures mean "the door of life". דן A quarrel requiring the need of a ruler or judge to mediate the incident. דן dan (masc.) MODERATOR: A judge. One who presides over a dispute. Strong's #: n/a מדן (masc.) DISCORD: Strong's #: 4090 מדון (masc.) QUARREL: A rather loud verbal disagreement. Strong's #: 4066 מדין mid-yan (masc.) QUARREL: A rather loud verbal disagreement. Strong's #: 4079 אדן The foundation of a column or pillar as the support of the structure. אדן e-den (masc.) FOOTING: Ground or basis for a firm foundation. That which sustains a stable position. Strong's #: 134 אדון a-don (masc.) LORD: The ruler as the foundation to the community or family. Strong's #: 113 דין דין d.y.n MODERATE (V): To rule over quarrels or other conflicts. Alternate spelling: דון Strong's #: 1777, 1778 דין (masc.) PLEA: Alternate spelling: דון Strong's #: 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782 מדינה (fem.) PROVINCE: The jurisdiction of responsibility of a judge or lord. Strong's #: 4082, 4083 דע The eye is the window into the man's very being. Experience is gained through visual observation. Knowledge is achieved through these experiences.The pictograph is a picture of a door. The is a picture of the eye. Through the eyes one experiences his world and learns from it. Combined these pictures mean "the door of the eye". דע An intimacy with a person, idea or concept. דע (masc.) OPINION: To possess an intimate knowledge. Strong's #: 1843 דעה (fem.) COMPREHENSION: An intimacy with a person, idea or concept. Strong's #: 1844 דעת da-at (fem.) DISCERNMENT: The quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure. An intimacy with a person, idea or concept. Knowledge. Strong's #: 1847 מדע (masc.) INSIGHT: An intimacy with a person, idea or concept. Strong's #: 4093 דוע A desire to know something. מדוע ma-du-a (masc.) WHY: For what cause, purpose or reason for which. Strong's #: 4069 ידע To have an intimate relationship with another person, an idea or an experience. ידע y.d.ah KNOW (V): May also be translated as; Reveal self (when written in the hitpa'el [reflexive] form). To have an intimate and personal understanding; to have an intimate relationship with another person, usually sexual. Strong's #: 3045, 3046 מודע (masc.) KINSMAN: A relative who is known. Strong's #: 4129 מודעת (fem.) KINDRED: The community of relatives. Strong's #: 4130 ידעני (masc.) KNOWER: One with specific and special knowledge. Strong's #: 3049 נדע The inward sense of reason. מנדע (masc.) KNOWLEDGE: Strong's #: 4486 דף הדף To push, shove or thrust another away. הדף h.d.p REPEL (V): Strong's #: 1920 דוף דופי (masc.) SLANDER: Strong's #: 1848 דפק As a knocking at a door. דפק d.p.q BEAT. OUT (V): To strike something with a sharp blow. Strong's #: 1849 שדף A destruction of a crop from a scorching wind. שדף sh.d.p BLAST (V): To blow heavily. Strong's #: 7710 שדפה (fem.) BLASTING: A strong devastating wind. Strong's #: 7711 שידפון (masc.) BLASTED: What is blasted by a strong devastating wind. Strong's #: 7711 דק דק דק daq (masc.) / דקה da-qah (fem.) SCRAWNY: Wasted away physically. Strong's #: 1851 דוק דוק (masc.) CURTAIN: Strong's #: 1852 דר A generation is one revolution of the family line. The Hebraic understanding of order is the continual cyclical process of life and death or renewal and destruction. This root can also have the meanings of circling around of something in a wide area or to cover a large area. The pictograph is a door representing a moving back and forth. The is the head of a man. Combined these mean "the back and forth movement of man". דר A circling around as the flight of a bird or a dance. דר (masc.) WHITE. PEARL: From its circular shape. Strong's #: 1858 דור dur (masc.) CIRCLE: Also a ball as a circle. Strong's #: 1754 דרדר dar-dar (masc.) THISTLE: A prickly plant used by the shepherd to build a corral around the flock at night. Strong's #: 1863 דרר A circling around as the flight of a bird or a dance. דרור de-ror (fem.) FREE. FLOWING: To flow without hindrances. Strong's #: 1865 דרור (fem.) SWALLOW: A bird that flies in a circle. Strong's #: 1866 אדר What covers a large area. אדר a.d.r BE. EMINENT (V): To be large in size or stature. Strong's #: 142 אדר (masc.) / אדרת a-de-ret (fem.) ROBE: A long flowing outer garment. Wide garment. Strong's #: 155 אדיר a-dir (masc.) EMINENT: What exerts power and status. Someone or something that is wide in authority or majesty. Strong's #: 117, 155 אידר (masc.) THRESHING. FLOOR: A wide area. Strong's #: 147 דרא דראון (masc.) ABHOR: Strong's #: 1860 הדר To swell in an outward direction. To make another swell through honor or pride (as in a swelling up of the chest). הדר h.d.r GIVE. HONOR (V): To ascribe size or majesty to someone or something that is large in stature or position. To puff up. Strong's #: 1921, 1922 הדר (masc.) HONOR: Someone or something that has been enlarged in size, pride or majesty. Strong's #: 1923, 1925, 1926 הדרה (fem.) SWELLING: Strong's #: 1927 דהר The repetitious rhythmic running of a horse in a circular direction. דהר GALLOP (V): Strong's #: 1725 דהר (masc.) GALLOP: Alternate spelling: דהרה Strong's #: 1726 תדהר (masc.) TIDHAR: The wood or the tree of an unknown species. Probably from its wide or circular growth. Strong's #: 8410 דור The nomadic camp was set up in a circle with the tents set up outside of the circle. דור INHABIT (V): Strong's #: 1752, 1753 דור dor (masc.) GENERATION: A body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor. As a circle of time. Strong's #: 1755, 1859 מדור (masc.) DWELLING: Strong's #: 4070 מדורה (fem.) PILE: A round pile of wood for fires. Strong's #: 4071 תדירה (fem.) CONTINUE: As a swelling. Strong's #: 8411 גדר גדר ENCLOSE (V): To enclose something in a wall or fence. Strong's #: 1443 גדר (masc.) / גדרה (fem.) ENCLOSURE: Any type of enclosure. Strong's #: 1444, 1447, 1448 דבר An arrangement or placement of things or ideas for creating order. דבר d.b.r SPEAK (V): A careful arrangement of words or commands said orally. Strong's #: 1696 דבר da-var (masc.) WORD: May also be translated as; Matter, thing. An arrangement of words, ideas or concepts to form sentences. A promise in the sense of being “ones word.” An action in the sense of acting out an arrangement. A plague as an act. A matter or thing, as words also have substance in the Hebrew mind. Strong's #: 1697 דבר de-ver (masc.) EPIDEMIC: A wide spread disease effecting man or animal. A pestilence. Strong's #: 1698 דברה (fem.) WORD: An arrangement of words or ideas to form concepts for an action or purpose. Strong's #: 1703 דביר (masc.) SANCTUARY: A place of order. Strong's #: 1687 דבורה (fem.) BEE: An insect that lives in an ordered colony and produces honey. Strong's #: 1682 דיברה (fem.) ORDER: Strong's #: 1700, 1701 דובר (masc.) MANNER: A place of order, a sanctuary. The order which something is performed. Strong's #: 1699 מדבר mid-bar (masc.) WILDERNESS: A tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings. Place of order, a sanctuary. Strong's #: 4057 דרם דרום (masc.) SOUTH: Strong's #: 1864 דרש דרש d.r.sh SEEK (V): May also be translated as; Require (when written in the niphil [passive] form). To look for or search for something or for answers. Strong's #: 1875 מדרש (masc.) COMMENTARY: A search for the meaning of a story. Strong's #: 4097 סדר Set in order as an arrangement. סדר (masc.) ORDER: An ordered arrangement. Strong's #: 5468 סדרה (fem.) ROW: A row of planks in constructing a house or of an army in the sense of being in order. Alternate spelling: שדרה Strong's #: 7713 מסדרון (masc.) PORCH: As built with rows or boards. Strong's #: 4528 עדר The process of removing what is unnecessary to bring about order. עדר MISSING (V): (Used in conjunction with לא meaning that nothing is missing) Strong's #: 5737 עדר ey-der (masc.) DROVE: A group of animals driven or moving in a body. Strong's #: 5739 מעדר (masc.) RAKE: Used to clear the field of debris to create order. Strong's #: 4576 ערך A plan to arrange things in order. ערך ah.r.k ARRANGE (V): To set something in order or into a correct or suitable configuration, sequence or adjustment. Strong's #: 6186 ערך ey-rekh (masc.) ARRANGEMENT: Set in a row or in order according to rank or age. In parallel. Arranged items in juxtaposition. Strong's #: 6187 מערך (masc.) PREPARATION: As an arrangement. Strong's #: 4633 מערכה ma-a-ra-khah (fem.) RANK: A row, line, or series of things or persons. Strong's #: 4634 מערכת (fem.) IN. LINE: As an arrangement. Strong's #: 4635 מערכה (fem.) ARRANGEMENT: Set in a row or in order. Strong's #: 4630 דש The grains were placed on the threshing floor where they were trampled on and beaten in order to separate the hulls from the grain.The pictograph is a door representing the idea of moving back and forth. The is a picture of teeth meaning to press. Combined these pictures mean "the back and forth movement of pressure". אדש אדש a.d.sh THRESH (V): Strong's #: 156 דשא What comes from the grains. דשא d.sh.a SPROUT (V): To send up or out new growth, as of a plant. Sprout green sprouts. Strong's #: 1876 דשא de-she (masc.) GRASS: Herbage suitable or used for grazing animals. Young green sprouts. Strong's #: 1877, 1883 דוש דוש THRESH (V): Alternate spelling: דיש Strong's #: 1758, 1759 מדושה (fem.) THRESHING: Strong's #: 4098 דיש דיש (masc.) THRESHING: Strong's #: 1786 דישון (masc.) THRESHER: Strong's #: n/a דישון (masc.) ANTELOPE: An unknown species of unclean animal. Strong's #: 1788 גדש גדיש ga-dish (masc.) STACK: A pile of grain or dirt. Strong's #: 1430 דשן The fat of an animal as well as the fat ashes, the ashes and fat of a burnt sacrifice mixed together. דשן d.sh.n MAKE. FAT (V): May also be translated as; Remove the fat (when written in the piel [intensive] form). To make or become large with fat tissue. Strong's #: 1878 דשן (masc.) FATNESS: An abundance of fat, food or ashes. Strong's #: 1879, 1880 עדש עדש a-dash (fem.) LENTIL: A leguminous plant with flattened edible seeds. Strong's #: 5742