דּוֹר

H1755. dor
I. דֹּר דּוֺר, noun masculineDeu 32:5 period, Generation, dwelling (compare below
verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) דָּר, , age, Generation; Arabic gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Gen 7:1 68t.; דֹּר Exo 3:15; 36t.; construct דּוֺר Deu 32:20 Deu 32:7t., דֹּר Exo 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isa 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isa 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psa 72:5 Psa 72:2t., דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isa 41:4; construct Jdg 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isa 51:9, דֹּרֹת Gen 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Gen 6:9; Lev 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Jos 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Jos 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Gen 17:12 Gen 17:27t., דֹּרֹתָם Gen 17:7 Gen 17:10t.; —
1 period, age, Generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) עוֺלָמִים דּוֺרוֺת Isa 51:9 (|| ימי קדם); וָדֹר דֹּר שְׁנוֺת Deu 32:7 (song; || עולם ימות); וָדֹר בְּדֹר Psa 90:1 (compare Psa 90:2); דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר מוֺסְדֵי Isa 58:12 (|| עולם חרבות); וָדוֺר דּוֺר שֹׁמֲמוֺת Isa 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), דֹּר לְדֹר Exo 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Pro 27:24 Kt (Qr וָדוֺר לְדוֺר; || id.); דֹּר מִדֹּר Exo 17:16 (E), = לָדוֺר מִדּוֺר Isa 34:10; וָדֹר לְדֹר Psa 10:6; Psa 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psa 49:12; Psa 79:13; Psa 85:6; Psa 102:13; Psa 119:90; Psa 135:13; Psa 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psa 89:2 (|| עולם) Psa 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psa 106:31 (|| id.) Isa 34:17 (|| id.); Psa 77:9 (|| לנצח); וָדֹר עַדדֹּֿר Psa 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isa 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jer 50:39 (|| id.); וָדֹר בְּכָלדֹּֿר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| ועד לעולם) compare Est 9:28; וָדֹר דֹר כְּמוֺ שְׁנוֺתָיו Psa 61:7 compare וָדוֺר דּוֺר שְׁנֵי Joe 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase וָדוֺר דּוֺר מְשׂוֺשׂ Isa 60:15 (|| עולם נאון); further דּוֺרִים דּוֺר Psa 72:5; דּוֺרִים לְדוֺר יְשׁוּעָתִי Isa 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ דּוֺרִים בְּדוֺר Psa 102:25; וָדֹר דּוֺר בְּכָל Psa 145:13; וָדוֺר לְדוֺר Lam 5:19.
2 of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory בָּא וְדוֺר הֹלֵךְ דּוֺר Ecc 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Gen 7:1 (J) Exo 1:6 (P) Num 32:13 (JE) Deu 1:35; Deu 2:14; Jdg 2:10 (twice in verse); Isa 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jer 2:31; also Psa 95:10; Job 8:8; Isa 41:4.
b. Jdg 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 (JE), with numeral, compare Deu 23:3; Deu 23:4; Deu 23:9; also Deu 29:21; Psa 48:14; Psa 71:18; Psa 78:4; Psa 78:6; Psa 102:19; Psa 109:13; Joe 1:3 compare Psa 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of Generations מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְשַׂבַּח לְדוֺר דּוֺר Psa 145:4; וָדוֺר בְּכָלדּֿוֺר Est 9:28; usually plural עוֺלָם לְדֹרֹת Gen 9:12 (P); with number דּוֺר לְאֶלֶף Psa 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1Ch 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deu 7:9; see further, of posterity, דֹּרוֺת אַרְבָּעָה Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Gen 17:7, Gen 17:9, Gen 17:12; Exo 12:14, Exo 12:17, Exo 12:42; Exo 16:32-33, Exo 27:21; Exo 29:42; Exo 30:8, Exo 30:10, Exo 30:21, Exo 30:31; Exo 31:13, Exo 31:16; Exo 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 15:14-15, Num 15:21, Num 15:23, Num 15:38; Num 18:23; Num 35:29; Jos 22:27-28, (all P).
3 generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: עִקֵּשׁ דּוֺר crooked Generation Deu 32:5 (song) compare Deu 32:20; Psa 78:8 (twice in verse); Jer 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Pro 30:11-12, Pro 30:13, Pro 30:14 compare Psa 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psa 14:5; Psa 24:6; Psa 73:15 (דּוֺר בָּנֶיךָ) Psa 112:2 (compare Psa 22:31 ᵑ0, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also אֲבוֺתָיו דּוֺר i.e. the dead Psa 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 Psa 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
דָּר noun [masculine] generation (Biblical Hebrew דּוֺר); — absolute in phrase וְדָו עִםדָּֿר Daniel 3:33; Dan 4:31 (is) with Generation and Generation, i.e. endures Generation after Generation.