Hebrew words starting with dalet
184 words in the Bible begin with dalet (ד), listed most frequent first. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- davarדָבַרto speak: to put thought into words and aim them at a hearer
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- to subdue: to bring peoples under someone's rule
- davidדָּוִדDavid: Israel's second king, son of Jesse, and founder of the royal line God promised would endure forever.
- derekhדֶּרֶךְa way: the road you travel, and by extension the path your whole life takes
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- possibly, dominion or power: rule or might, in a few disputed poetic lines
- damדָּםblood: the red fluid of a body, which the Bible treats as the place where life is held, so that the one word reaches from a literal stain to a killing and the debt it leaves behind
- dorדּוֹרa generation: the people alive together in one stretch of time, and by extension the span of time they fill.
- darashדָּרַשׁto seek something out with care and effort, going after it deliberately until it is found, answered, or settled
- da'atדַּעַתknowing: a firm grasp of how things really are, ranging from a craftsman's skill to moral good sense to knowing God personally
- deletדֶּלֶתthe swinging leaf of a door or gate, the panel that opens and shuts
- danדָּןDan: the name of Jacob's fifth son, of the tribe descended from him, and of the far northern city that tribe captured and renamed after him
- darakhדָּרַךְto tread: to press down on something with the foot, whether to walk over it, crush it, or bend it
- dodדּוֹדa father's brother: a man's paternal uncle, or by extension a near male relative on the father's side
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- a beloved man: the cherished one a woman loves, and in the plural the love-making between lovers
- daniyyelדָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלDanielnot studied yet
- davaqדָּבַקto stick fast to something and not let go: to cling, hold tight, or stay glued
- devashדְּבַשׁhoney: a thick, sweet, golden substance, either the honey bees make or a syrup boiled down from fruit
- deverדֶּבֶרpestilence: a deadly epidemic disease, almost always pictured as a judgment God sends on a people
- dalדַּלlow, weak, of little account: a person or group reduced in body, standing, or means, and so easily pushed aside
- dammeseqדַּמֶּשֶׂקDamascusnot studied yet
- daganדָּגָןgrain: the harvested cereal crop, chiefly wheat and barley, that a land yields for food
- dayדַּיa sufficient amount: as much as is needed to meet a need, a task, or a measure
- damahדָּמָהto be like something, or to treat one thing as like another: to resemble, to liken or compare, and so to picture in the mind, imagine, or plan
- damamדָּמַםto fall still: to cease speaking or moving, and so to grow silent, stand motionless, or be brought to an end
- demutדְּמוּתa likeness: a copy or resemblance that points back to the original it is patterned on
- dinדִּיןto take up a cause and rule on it: to render and carry out a verdict, most often by securing justice for the wronged
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- to remain, abide: a contested reading found only at Genesis 6:3, and probably a different word from the verb to judge above
- daniyyelדָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵלDanielnot studied yet
- dimahדִּמְעָהtears: the water shed in weeping, and by extension the weeping and grief itself
- datדָּתan authoritative rule handed down by a ruler: a royal decree, or the settled law of a kingdom
- dinדִּיןjudgment: the deciding of a legal case, whether the verdict handed down or the rightful cause brought for decision.
- dagדָּגfish: the ordinary living creatures of sea, river, and lake, pictured as one broad class rather than named by kind
- dakahדָּכָאto crush: to pound or grind something to pieces, and so to break a person down, whether by brute force, by unjust oppression, or in the humbling of the spirit
- daromדָּרוֹםsouth: the compass direction, and by extension the side, region, or wind that lies toward it
- devirדְּבִירthe innermost, rearmost room of Solomon's temple: the windowless inner chamber that housed the ark of the covenant.
- dushדּוּשׁto thresh: to tread out grain by driving animals or a sledge over it, and so to trample or crush
- dagahדָּגָהfishnot studied yet
- damahדָּמָהto be brought to an end and hushed: destroyed, cut off, or finished, and (of an activity) simply stopped.
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
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- the greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
- devirדְּבִירDebir: a place name in the Bible, carried by a Canaanite hill town in Judah that Israel captured and by two lesser border sites.
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- Debir: the king of Eglon, one of five Canaanite kings who attacked Gibeon and were put to death by Joshua.
- degelדֶּגֶלa military standard: the raised emblem a body of people rally around, camp under, and march behind, and by extension the division mustered beneath it
- daqדַּקthin or fine: reduced to almost nothing, whether in thickness, in the size of its particles, or in the strength of a sound
- desheדֶּשֶׁאthe first tender flush of fresh green growth that springs from the ground after rain.
- dagonדָּגוֹןDagonnot studied yet
- daqaqדָּקַקto crush something all the way down to fine dust or powder, or to be reduced to it.
- dovדֹּבbear: the brown bear of ancient Israel, the animal the Bible reaches for when it pictures raw, unreasoning fury, above all a mother robbed of her cubs
- dedanדְּדָןDedannot studied yet
- divonדִּיבֹן, דִּימוֹןDibonnot studied yet
- daqarדָּקַרto run a person through with a blade or spear: the weapon thrust that is meant to kill
- dashenדָּשֵׁןto be or grow fat, or to make fat: to flourish with rich, God-given abundance, or to enrich, satisfy, and honor another with it.
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- to clear away the fat-ashes: to remove from the altar the greasy ash left when the fat of the sacrifices has burned.
- deborahדְּבוֹרָהDeborahnot studied yet
- daryaveshדָּרְיָוֶשׁDariusnot studied yet
- datanדָּתָןDathannot studied yet
- dibbahדִּבָּהa damaging report spread about someone or something, told in a way meant to turn others against them.
- dalalדָּלַלto sink low: to hang slack, run dry, or be worn down until almost nothing is left
- dalaqדָּלַקto blaze: to kindle a fire and let it burn hotly, and by the same picture to chase someone with burning fury
- da'akhדָּעַךְto go out or be put out: a lamp, fire, or life snuffed into darkness
- dudדּוּדa wide, round, open container: a pot boiled over a fire, or a basket carried by hand
- daḥahדָּחָהto shove hard: to push a person or thing over so that it goes down
- dinahדִּינָהDinahnot studied yet
- dallahדַּלָּהhanging strands: the loose hair falling from a head, or the threads left dangling on a weaver's loom
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- the poorest of a land: the lowest and least powerful layer of a population, and more broadly what is reduced and thin
- daliyyahדָּלִיּוֹתthe branches of a vine or a tree: the limbs that hang down and spread out from the stem, always used as a picture of a nation or its king
- derorדְּרוֹרa proclaimed release: a public announcement that people enslaved for debt go free and that forfeited family land goes back to the households it came from.
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- free-flowing: of myrrh, the resin that seeps out of the tree on its own.
- da'agדָּאַגto worry: to carry an anxious, unsettled concern about what may happen, whether to someone you love or from a danger you can already see
- dorדֹּארDornot studied yet
- dishonדִּישֹׁןDishonnot studied yet
- delayahדְּלָיָהוּDelaiahnot studied yet
- do'egדֹּאֵגDoegnot studied yet
- de'agahדְּאָגָהanxiety: the unsettled weight a person or a people carries about trouble that has not arrived yet
- dudayדּוּדַיthe mandrake: a fragrant Mediterranean plant whose fruit was prized as a charm for desire and childbearing
- dayeqדָּיֵקa siege wall: the structure an attacking army builds around a city to seal it off, and not the earth ramp heaped up against the city wall
- delilahדְּלִילָהDelilahnot studied yet
- domenדֹּמֶןdungnot studied yet
- de'ahדֵּעָהknowledgenot studied yet
- develahדְּבֵלָהfig cakenot studied yet
- divrahדִּבְרָהa case: the matter a person lays out before someone who can settle it
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- in a set phrase, the ground or pattern behind something: on account of, so that, after the manner of
- dodoדּוֹדוֹDodonot studied yet
- davehדָּוֶהailing: drained of strength, whether a body that is unwell, a woman in her monthly bleeding, or a heart giving out under grief
- dishanדִּישָׁןDishannot studied yet
- dakhahדָּכָהto crushnot studied yet
- dalagדָּלַגto leapnot studied yet
- dalahדָּלָהto draw (up/out)not studied yet
- daniדָּנִיDanitenot studied yet
- de'aדֵּעַknowledgenot studied yet
- da'ahדָּאָהto flynot studied yet
- devorahדְּבוֹרָהbeenot studied yet
- dagalדָּגַלto stand out and be seen: to be conspicuous, singled out, or raised up so as to catch the eye
- dadדַּדbreastnot studied yet
- du'aḥדּוּחַto washnot studied yet
- dumiyyahדּוּמִיָּהsilencenot studied yet
- donagדּוֹנַגwaxnot studied yet
- daḥaphדָּחַףto hastennot studied yet
- dakhדַּךְcrushednot studied yet
- demiדֳּמִיquietnot studied yet
- de'u'elדְּעוּאֵלDeuelnot studied yet
- darkemonדַּרְכְּמוֹןdrachmanot studied yet
- da'avדָּאֵבto languishnot studied yet
- deveqדֶּבֶקjointnot studied yet
- daveqדָּבֵקcleavingnot studied yet
- doverדֹּבֶרpasturenot studied yet
- daveratדָּבְרַתDaberathnot studied yet
- dodahדֹּדָהauntnot studied yet
- davvaדַּוָּיfaintnot studied yet
- dumahדּוּמָהDumahnot studied yet
- dumamדּוּמָםsilencenot studied yet
- dakkaדַּכָּאcontritenot studied yet
- dalaḥדָּלַחto troublenot studied yet
- dalaphדָּלַףto dripnot studied yet
- demamahדְּמָמָהa hush: the stillness that settles when wind, sea, or noise dies away
- daphaqדָּפַקto beatnot studied yet
- dashenדָּשֵׁןfatnot studied yet
- dotanדֹּתָןDothannot studied yet
- dagarדָּגַרto gathernot studied yet
- dadahדָּדָהto go slowlynot studied yet
- daharahדַּהֲרָהrushingnot studied yet
- devayדְּוַיillnessnot studied yet
- dukhiphatדּוּכִיפַתhoopoenot studied yet
- dumahדּוּמָהsilencenot studied yet
- durדּוּרto dwellnot studied yet
- durדּוּרcirclenot studied yet
- deḥiדְּחִיfallingnot studied yet
- daḥaqדָּחַקto crowdnot studied yet
- dayyagדַּיָּגfishernot studied yet
- dayyahדַּיָּהhawknot studied yet
- di zahavדִּי זָהָבDizahabnot studied yet
- dimonדִּימוֹןDibonnot studied yet
- dayyanדַּיָּןjudgenot studied yet
- deliדְּלִיbucketnot studied yet
- delephדֶּלֶףdrippingnot studied yet
- damaדָּמַעto weepnot studied yet
- dinhavahדִּנְהָבָהDinhabahnot studied yet
- dophqahדׇּפְקָהDophkahnot studied yet
- diqlahדִּקְלָהDiklahnot studied yet
- dera'onדֵּרָאוֹןabhorrencenot studied yet
- dorvonדׇּרְבוֹןgoadnot studied yet
- dardarדַּרְדַּרthistle: a spiny weed that overruns worked ground, and so a standing sign of land under a curse
- derorדְּרוֹרa swallow: the small bird known for its quick, darting flight and for nesting in sheltered corners of buildings
- darqonדַּרְקוֹןDarkonnot studied yet
- dasahדָּשָׁאto sproutnot studied yet
- diphatדִּיפַתRiphathnot studied yet
- de'avahדְּאָבָהdismaynot studied yet
- de'avonדְּאָבוֹןsorrownot studied yet
- da'ahדָּאָהkitenot studied yet
- doveדֹּבֶאstrengthnot studied yet
- davavדָּבַבto glidenot studied yet
- divyonדִּבְיוֹנִיםquanonot studied yet
- divlahדִּבְלָהRiblahnot studied yet
- divlayimדִּבְלַיִםDiblaimnot studied yet
- doverahדֹּבְרוֹתraftnot studied yet
- dabbarahדַּבֶּרֶתwordnot studied yet
- divriדִּבְרִיDibrinot studied yet
- dabbeshetדַּבֶּשֶׁתhumpnot studied yet
- dabbeshetדַּבֶּשֶׁתDabbeshethnot studied yet
- dagahדָּגָהto multiplynot studied yet
- dedanimדְּדָנִיDedanitenot studied yet
- dahamדָּהַםto astonishnot studied yet
- daharדָּהַרto rushnot studied yet
- duvדּוּבto pinenot studied yet
- davvagדַּוָּגfishernot studied yet
- dugahדּוּגָהfishhooknot studied yet
- dodavahuדּוֹדָוָהוּDodavahunot studied yet
- dodayדּוֹדַיDodainot studied yet
- davahדָּוָהbe sicknot studied yet
- dukhדּוּךְto beatnot studied yet
- dutsדּוּץto dancenot studied yet
- doḥanדֹּחַןmilletnot studied yet
- digדִּיגto fishnot studied yet
- deyoדְּיוֹinknot studied yet
- dimonahדִּימוֹנָהDimonahnot studied yet
- dayishדַּיִשׁthreshingnot studied yet
- dishonדִּישֹׁןibexnot studied yet
- dakkahדַּכָּהcrushingnot studied yet
- dokhiדֳּכִיpoundingnot studied yet
- dilanדִּלְעָןDileannot studied yet
- dalphonדַּלְפוֹןDalphonnot studied yet
- dalleqetדַּלֶּקֶתinflammationnot studied yet
- dummahדֻּמָּהdestroyednot studied yet
- dimyonדִּמְיֹןlikenessnot studied yet
- dimnahדִּמְנָהDimnahnot studied yet
- demaדֶּמַעjuicenot studied yet
- demesheqדְּמֶשֶׁקsilknot studied yet
- dannahדַּנָּהDannahnot studied yet
- dophiדֳּפִיslandernot studied yet
- doqדֹּקcurtainnot studied yet
- darדַּרmother-of-pearlnot studied yet
- dardaדַּרְדַּעDardanot studied yet
- daraדָּרַעDaranot studied yet