--- title: דָּוִד — David · The Tanakh dictionary description: דָּוִד (1732), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1075 times: David. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1732.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491.md)‎ / דָּוִד‎ # דָּוִד «דָּוִד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **David** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 1075 times · **Key:** 1732 · **BDB:** דָּוִד ### Glosses David (857); of.David (209); \[is\].David (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) David [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1732/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1732/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. David, son of יִשַׂי, king of Israel, whose dynasty remained on the throne of Jerusalem till the Babylonian exile (cf. 2 S 7:11–15 etc.) (beloved one? cf. BaNB 189; according to Sayce Mod. Rev. 1884, 158 ff. Rel.Bab. 53, 56 f. orig. Dodo, title of sun-god worshipped in Isr. cf. דודה n. divin. among E. Jordan Israelites MI12)—דָּוִד always Ru Sa Ki (except 1 K 3:14; 11:4, 36) ψ Pr Ec Is Je; also 1 Ch 13:6 Ez 34:24; 37:24, 25 (c. 790 times); דָּוִיד always Zc Ch (except 1 Ch 13:6) Ezr Ne; also Am 6:5 (where gloss according to Peters Hbr Apr. 1886, p. 175) 9:11 Ho 3:5 Ez 34:23 1 K 3:14; 11:4, 36 Ct 4:4 (c. 276 times);—first named 1 S 16:13; cf. also Ru 4:17, 22 2 S 1:1 +, 1 K 1:1 +, 2:1 +, etc. (v. supra); in titles of ψ 3–9, 11–32, 34–41, 51–65, 68–70, 86, 101, 103, 108–110, 122, 124, 131, 133, 138–145 (73 in all); also in ψ 18:51 (= 2 S 22:51) 72:20; 89:36, 50; 122:5; 132:1, 11, 17; ד׳ עַבְדִּי (י׳ speaks) 2 S 3:18; 7:5, 8 = 1 Ch 17:4, 7 cf. v 26 = 1 Ch 17:24, also 1 K 8:24, 25, 26(×2) = 2 Ch 6:15, 16, 17, 42, 1 K 11:13, 32, 34, 36, 38; 14:8 2 K 8:19; 19:34 = Is 37:35, 2 K 20:6; cf. further ψ 18:1; 36:1 (both titles cf. supr.) 78:70; 89:4, 21; 132:10; 144:10 Je 33:21, 22, 26; so also as represented in coming (Messianic) ruler Ez 34:23, 24; 37:24, 25, cf. Ho 3:5 Je 30:9 (v. עֶבֶד). Phrases are: עִיר ד׳ (according to SayceMod. Rev. l.c. orig. city of god Dod\[o\]) = stronghold or citadel of Zion, 2 S 5:7, 9 = 1 Ch 11:5, 7, 2 S 6:10, 12, 16 = 1 Ch 13:13; 15:1, 29, cf. Is 22:9; especially of burial of kings 1 K 2:10; 3:1, 8:1 = 2 Ch 5:2, 1 K 9:24 = 2 Ch 8:11, 1 K 11:27 v 43 = 2 Ch 9:31, 1 K 14:31; 15:8 = 2 Ch 12:16; 13:23, 1 K 15:24 = 2 Ch 16:14, 1 K 22:50 = 2 Ch 21:1, 2 K 8:24 = 2 Ch 21:20, 2 K 9:28; 12:22 = 2 Ch 24:25, 2 K 14:20; 15:7, v 38 = 2 Ch 27:9, 2 K 16:20; burial of Jehoiada 2 Ch 24:16; further 2 Ch 32:5, 30; 33:14 Ne 12:37; cf. also קִרְיַת חָנָה ד׳ Is 29:1. בֵּית ד׳ 2 S 3:1, 6 + (cf. בַּיִת 5 c). אֹהֶל ד׳ Is 16:5 (cf. אֹהֶל 2). סֻכַּת ד׳ Am 9:11 (cf. סֻכָּה sub סכך). כִּסֵּא ד׳ 2 S 3:10 cf. 1 K 1:37; 2:12, 24, 45 Is 9:6 Je 17:25; 22:2, 30; 29:16; 36:30 cf. 13:13; 22:4, (cf. also כִּסֵּא). קִבְרֵי ד׳ Ne 3:16 cf. 2 Ch 32:33 קִבְרֵי בְנֵי־ד׳ (cf. קֶבֶר). מִגְדַּל ד׳ Ct 4:4. כְּלְי־שִׁיר ד׳ אישׁ האלהים Ne 12:36. אֱלֹהֵי ד׳ 2 K 20:5 + (cf. אֱלֹהִים 4 b). חַסְדֵי ד׳ 2 Ch 6:42 Is 55:3 (cf. 2 S 7:15 1 K 3:6 ψ 89:50 2 Ch 1:8 etc.).—(On text note the foll.:—דָּוִד 1 S 30:20a del. 𝔊 𝔙 We Dr; 2 S 3:5 read prob. name of a former husband of Eglah We Dr; 2 S 13:39 read רוּחַ Wep. 223 Dr; 2 S 19:44 read בְּכוֹר (for בדוד) 𝔊 The We Dr; insert דָּוִד 2 S 9:11; 15:32 \& 24:15 𝔊 We Dr; in 1 Ch 18:12 ψ 60:1 אבשׁי \& יואב are less orig. than דָּוִד 2 S 8:13 We Dr). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 133 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, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «דָּוִד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1732/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 108:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.108.1/) שִׁ֖יר מִזְמ֣וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ *Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of David *JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of David. [Psalms 38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.1/) מִזְמ֖וֹר לְדָוִ֣ד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃ *Word for word:* a.psalm of David to make.remembrance *JPS 1917:* A Psalm of David, to make memorial. - ← previous: [דּוּד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1731.md) - next →: [דֹּודָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1733.md) - ↑ back to [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491.md)