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דֹּב noun masculine Prov 28:15 , feminine 2Kgs 2:24 (seldom) bear (from soft or gliding motion, Late Hebrew id., Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1043] Assyrian dabû (?) DlS 55; Aramaic דּוּבָּא, [untranscribed source text 1044]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1045], [untranscribed source text 1046], is however a loan-word compare HomNS 301 f. ); — absolute דֹּב Amos 5:19 + 5 t.; דּוֺב 1Sam 17:34 + 2 t.; plural דֻּבִּים 2Kgs 2:24; Isa 59:11 — bear, female 2Kgs 2:24; 2Sam 17:8; Prov 17:12; Hos 13:8 compare Isa 11:7 undetermined 1Sam 17:34; 1Sam 17:36; 1Sam 17:37; Amos 5:19; Prov 28:15; Isa 59:11; Lam 3:10; Lam 3:10 (on article 1Sam 17:34; Amos 5:19 compare RSSem, i. 119 n.)