BDB1892
I. דּוֺר, דֹּר
noun masculine
Deut 32:5
period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר
, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) דָּר,
[untranscribed source text 1117], age, generation; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1118]
gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once,
דרם דרם
each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר
Gen 7:1 + 68 t.;
דֹּר
Exod 3:15 36 t.;
construct דּוֺר
Deut 32:20 + 7
t., דֹּר
Exod 3:15 suffix
דּוֺרִי
Isa 38:12,
דּוֺרוֺ
Isa 53:8 plural
דּוֺרִים
Ps 72:5 + 2 t.,
דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isa 41:4 construct Judg 3:2
דּוֺרוֺת construct Isa 51:9, דֹּרֹת
Gen 9:12 suffix
דֹּרֹתָיו
Gen 6:9; Lev 25:30,
דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ
Josh 22:27,
דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Josh 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם
Gen 17:12 + 27
t., דֹּרֹתָם
Gen 17:7 + 10 t.; —
1.
period, age, generation,
mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past,
former age(s)
דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים
Isa 51:9 (||
קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר
Deut 32:7
(song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר
Ps 90:1
(compare Ps 90:2
); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר
Isa 58:12
(|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר
Isa 61:4 (||
id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s)
, לְדֹר
דֹּר
Exod 3:15 (
E
; || לעולם) compare Prov 27:24
Kt
(
Qr
לְדוֺר
וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר
Exod 17:16
(
E
), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר
Isa 34:10
לְדֹר וָדֹר
Ps 10:6; Ps 33:11 (||
לעולם) Ps 49:12; Ps 79:13; Ps 85:6; Ps 102:13; Ps 119:90; Ps 135:13; Ps 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all
|| id.); Ps 89:2 (|| עולם) Ps 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Ps 106:31
(|| id.) Isa 34:17 (|| id.); Ps 77:9 (|| לנצח);
עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר
Ps 100:5
(|| לעולם) Isa 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jer 50:39 (|| id.);
בְּכָלדֹּֿר
וָדֹר
Jer 45:18
(|| לעולם ועד) compare Esth 9:28
שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר
וָדֹר
Ps 61:7 compare
שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר
Joel 2:2 (||
העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר
Isa 60:15
(|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים
Ps 72:5
יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים
Isa 51:8 (||
לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר
דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ
Ps 102:25
בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר
Ps 145:13
לְדוֺר וָדוֺר
Lam 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory
דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא
Eccl 1:4:
specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Gen 7:1 (
J
) Exod 1:6
(
P
) Num
32:13
(
J
E
) Deut 1:35
; Deut 2:14
;
Judg 2:10
(twice in
verse); Isa 53:8
(compare Che critical note) Jer 2:31 also Ps 95:10; Job 8:8; Isa 41:4.
b.
Judg 3:2 (present
&
future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו
Gen 6:9 (i.e. his
own
generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future
generation Gen
15:16
(
J
E
), with numeral, compare Deut 23:3; Deut 23:4; Deut 23:9 also Deut 29:21; Ps 48:14; Ps 71:18; Ps 78:4; Ps 78:6; Ps 102:19; Ps 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare
Ps 22:31;
Ps 22:32 (
Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר
יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ
Ps 145:4
בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר
Esth 9:28
usually
plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם
Gen 9:12 (
P
); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר
Ps 105:8
(||
עולם) = 1Chr 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deut 7:9 see further, of posterity,
אַרְבָּעָה
דֹּרוֺת
Job 42:16
usually plural with suffix Gen 17:7; Gen 17:9; Gen 17:12; Exod 12:14; Exod 12:17; Exod 12:42; Exod 16:32; Exod 16:33; Exod 27:21;
Exod 29:42;
Exod 30:8; Exod 30:10;
Exod 30:21;
Exod 30:31;
Exod 31:13;
Exod 31:16;
Exod 40:15;
Lev 3:17; Lev 6:11; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:9 (all
P
); Lev 17:7
; Lev 21:17;
Lev 22:3; Lev 23:14;
Lev 23:21;
Lev 23:31;
Lev 23:41;
Lev 23:43;
Lev 24:3; Lev 25:30
(all
H
); Num 9:10
; Num 10:8; Num 15:14;
Num 15:15;
Num 15:21;
Num 15:23;
Num 15:38;
Num 18:23;
Num 35:29;
Josh 22:27;
Josh 22:28
(all
P
).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men:
דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ
crooked generation
Deut 32:5 (song)
compare Deut 32:20
; Ps 78:8
(twice in verse); Jer
7:29 of different classes of wicked, Prov 30:11; Prov 30:12; Prov 30:13; Prov 30:14 compare Ps 12:8 of the righteous, as a
class Ps 14:5; Ps 24:6; Ps 73:15 (
בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Ps 112:2 (compare Ps 22:31
ᵑ0
, but < Che joins לדור to Ps 22:32 compare above below
2.c.); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Ps 49:20 (so
most; yet see
below below 4).
4.
dwelling-place, habitation
Isa 38:12
compare דּוּר verb, so
Saad
Ki
Ges
De
Che
RVm
(Ew
life || חַיַּי); so also Ps 49:20
De Witt, compare CheOP 479
.
BDB9432
דָּר
noun [masculine]
generation (Biblical Hebrew
דּוֺר
); — absolute in phrase עִםדָּֿר וְדָו
Dan 3:33; Dan 4:31 (is)
with generation and generation, i.e. endures generation after generation.
