Word

יְדִיד

yᵉdîyd · H3039 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

lovely

State in which an inanimate object is regarded as worthy of love

Examples
Psalm 84:1 How lovely are Your dwelling places, LORD of armies!
beloved, loved one

Person of either sex, with whom someone has, or has had, a close, affectionate relationship

Examples
Deuteronomy 33:12 Of Benjamin he said, “May the beloved of the LORD live in security beside Him Who shields him all the day long, And he lives between His shoulders.”
Psalm 60:5 That Your beloved may be rescued, Save us with Your right hand, and answer us!
Psalm 108:6 So that Your beloved may be rescued, Save with Your right hand, and answer me!

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

7 occurrences in 4 groups

יmy 3
ךָyour 2
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
הוּhis 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

חָלַץto arm oneself, to rescue 2
שָׁכַןto dwell, to settle 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מָהwhat?, why? 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 7

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שִׁירsong 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ἀγαπητός agapētós · G27 · object of one’s affection, one who is loved, beloved: Greek ἀγαπητός corresponds to Hebrew יְדִיד as the standard translation equivalent for 'beloved' across contexts, with both terms functioning as adjectives denoting someone who is loved or dear.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Love002001002018: יְדִיד describes one who is beloved, an object of affection, as the beloved of the LORD who lives in security (Deuteronomy 33:12, Psalm 60:5).
Friends001001003003: The word carries the closeness of a cherished friend or intimate companion, one held dear in relationship.

Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

דּוֹד dôwd · H1730 · beloved, lover, love · 61×יְדִידyᵉdîyd · H3039דּוּד dûwd · H1731 · basket, cooking pot, cauldron · 8×דּוּדַי dûwday · H1736 · mandrake, love apple · 6×דּוֹדָה dôwdâh · H1733 · paternal aunt · 3×יְדִדוּת yᵉdidûwth · H3033 · beloved · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3039. yadid [יָדִיד] adjective (poetry) beloved (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ) — construct…

H3039. yadid
[יָדִיד] adjective (poetry) beloved (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ) — construct יְדִיד Deu 33:12; suffix לִידִידִי Isa 5:1 (twice in verse); Jer 11:15; לִידִידוֺ Psa 127:2; plural suffix יְדִידֶיךָ Psa 60:7; Psa 108:7; feminine יְדִידֹת Psa 45:1; יְדִידוֺת Psa 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; Psa 60:7 = Psa 108:7Psalm 2; beloved, of Benjamin as beloved by ׳י Deu 33:12.
2 lovely, מִשְׁכְּנוֺתֶיךָ מַהיְּֿדִידוֺת Psa 84:2 how lovely are thy habitations !
3 feminine plural as abstract substantive יְדִידֹת שִׁיר Psa 45:1 = a song of love.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Love9 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0