Strong's Lexicon

H3039

H3039 — יְדִידּ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewydiydadjectiveOccurrences: 9TWOT: 846a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3039
Word:יְדִידּ
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from the same as H1730
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:9
Transliteration:ydiyd
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yed-eed'
Meaning:1. loved
KJV Renderings:amiable, (well-)beloved, loves.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3441

[יָדִיד] adjective (poetry) beloved (Late Hebrew id. , Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2179]) — construct יְדִיד Deut 33:12 suffix לִידִידִי Isa 5:1 (twice in verse); Jer 11:15 לִידִידוֺ Ps 127:2 plural suffix יְדִידֶיךָ Ps 60:7; Ps 108:7 feminine יְדִידֹת Ps 45:1 יְדִידוֺת Ps 84:2

1. my beloved, used by prophets of ׳ י under figure of husbandman Isa 5:1 (twice in verse); so my (thy, his) beloved Jer 11:15; Ps 60:7 = Ps 108:7; Ps 2 beloved, of Benjamin as beloved by ׳ י Deut 33:12.
2. lovely, מַהיְּֿדִידוֺת מִשְׁכְּנוֺתֶיךָ Ps 84:2 how lovely are thy habitations !
3. feminine plural as abstract substantive שִׁיר יְדִידֹת Ps 45:1 = a song of love.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ידיד (y’deed)

Jeremiah 31:15

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
EHCC: What hath my beloved to do in mine hous,
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