H1733 H1733
aunt—the father's sister or father's brother's wife
This feminine noun denotes an aunt, specifically within the father's family line. Exodus 6:20 records that Amram married his aunt Jochebed (his father's sister), the mother of Moses and Aaron. Leviticus 18:14 and 20:20 prohibit sexual relations with one's aunt (the father's brother's wife). The word derives from dod ('uncle, beloved') and marks female relatives in the paternal line. These laws reflect Israel's incest prohibitions, defining the degrees of kinship within which marriage and sexual relations were forbidden.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Aunt, specifically the father's sister or the father's brother's wife. Exodus 6:20 identifies Jochebed as Amram's aunt (dodato, 'his aunt'), whom he married (before the Levitical law). Leviticus 18:14 prohibits approaching 'your aunt' (dodat-ka), the father's brother's wife. Leviticus 20:20 forbids lying with 'his aunt' (dodato). Cross-linguistic glosses are consistent: English 'his aunt/your aunt/aunt,' Spanish 'su tía/tu tía,' French 'son tante/aunt-ton/aunt-son,' German 'sein aunt/dein aunt.' The possessive suffixes (-o, -ka) indicate whose aunt. This is kinship terminology for purity and marriage law. 3×
AR["عَمَّتَهُ", "عَمَّتُكَ", "عَمَّتِهِ"]·ben["তার-খুড়ির-স্ত্রী", "তার-পিসিকে", "তোমার-পিসি"]·DE["aunt-dein", "aunt-sein", "sein-aunt"]·EN["aunt-his", "aunt-your", "his-aunt"]·FR["aunt-son", "aunt-ton", "son-tante"]·heb["דדתו", "דדתך", "דודתו"]·HI["अपनी-चाची"]·ID["bibimu", "bibinya"]·IT["aunt-suo", "aunt-tuo", "suo-aunt"]·jav["bibi", "bibi-nipun", "bibi-èstrinipun,"]·KO["그의-고모를", "그의-숙모", "너의-숙모"]·PT["sua-tia", "tia-sua", "tua-tia"]·RU["тётей-своей", "тётку-свою", "тётя-твоя"]·ES["su-tía", "tu-tía"]·SW["shangazi-yake", "shangazi-yako"]·TR["halan", "halası", "halasını"]·urd["اپنی-چچی-کے", "تیری-چچی", "پھوپھی-اپنی"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [דֹּדָה] n.f. aunt—only sf. דֹּדָֽתְךָ Lv 18:14 father’s brother’s wife; דֹּדָתוֹ Lv 20:20 Ex 6:20 father’s sister [cf. Nu 26:59].