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title: דַּד — breast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּד (1717), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: breast. BDB 1906: n.m. breast teat, nipple. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּד

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«דַּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breast** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 1717 · **BDB:** דַּד

### Glosses

the.nipples (2); breasts (1); nipples (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1717/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. breast teat, nipple [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1717/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 5:19 breast, better teat, nipple (τιτθοί Aq Pr 5:19 Symm Ez 23:3, 21; NH \& Aramaic דַּד; primit. caressing word; according to Fl in NHWBi. 439)—Du cstr. דַּדֵּי Ez 23:3, 8 (both del. 𝔊 𝔖 Co); sf. דַּדַּיִךְ Ez 23:21 (read בתוליך 𝔖 Co); דַּדֶּיהָ Pr 5:19;—of breasts of woman Pr 5:19 (Hi Bi read דֹּדֶיהָ her love cf. 7:18); of Samaria \& Jerusalem under fig. of young women Ez 23:3 (דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלֵיהֶן) cf. v 8; דַּדַּיִךְ v 21; but prob. del. ד׳ in Ez cf. supr. \& GeiUrschrift 397.—Vid. also שַׁד sub שׁדה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דַּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1717/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 23:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.23.21/)

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וַֽתִּפְקְדִ֔י אֵ֖ת זִמַּ֣ת נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ בַּעְשׂ֤וֹת מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙ דַּדַּ֔יִךְ לְמַ֖עַן שְׁדֵ֥י נְעוּרָֽיִךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* and you.sought (et) the.licentiousness your.youth(s) your when squeezed since Egypt nipples your on.account.of the.breasts your.youth(s) your

*JPS 1917:* Thus thou didst call to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, when they from Egypt bruised thy breasts for the bosom of thy youth.

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[Proverbs 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.19/)

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אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* a.doe of.loves and a.mountain.goat of.grace breasts her may they.satisfy.you at every time by love her may.you.be.intoxicated continually

*JPS 1917:* A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

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