H1734 H1734
Dodo; a Hebrew personal name meaning 'his beloved,' borne by several men in the period of the judges and David
A personal name meaning 'his beloved' or possibly connected to a divine epithet. It is borne by at least three individuals: the grandfather of the judge Tola from the tribe of Issachar (Judg 10:1); the father of Eleazar, one of David's three mighty warriors (2 Sam 23:9; 1 Chr 11:12); and the father of Elhanan, another of David's warriors (2 Sam 23:24; 1 Chr 11:26). The ketiv-qere variation between דֹּדִי and דּוֹדוֹ in 2 Samuel 23:9 reflects scribal transmission of this name.
Senses
1. Dodo (proper name) — A proper masculine name (דּוֹדוֹ, Dodo) meaning 'his beloved,' possibly with theophoric overtones connecting to a divine name 'Dod' attested in Moabite inscriptions. Spanish renders it as 'Dodo' or 'Dodó' (with accent), while English, French, and German all use 'Dodo.' The name is associated with the military-heroic milieu of the judges and David's mighty men. The ketiv reading דֹּדִי at 2 Samuel 23:9 versus qere דּוֹדוֹ (paralleled in 1 Chr 27:4 as דּוֹדַי) shows the fluid orthography typical of proper names in transmission. 6×
AR["دودو", "دُودُو"]·ben["(কেতিব)", "দোদোর"]·DE["Dodo", "[k]", "[דודו]"]·EN["Dodo", "[k]"]·FR["Dodo", "[k]", "[דודו]"]·heb["דוד-ו", "דודו", "דודי"]·HI["दोदो", "दोदो-का", "दोदो-के"]·ID["(Dodo)", "Dodo", "[Dodi]", "dari-Betlehem"]·IT["Dodo", "[k]", "[דודו]"]·jav["(Dodo)", "Dodo", "[Dodi]", "saking-Bètlehèm"]·KO["(도도)", "[도드]", "도도", "에서-베들레헴"]·PT["(Dodo)", "Dodo", "[Dodo]", "de-Beit-Lechem"]·RU["[кетив]", "Додо"]·ES["(Dodo)", "Dodo", "Dodó", "[Dodi]"]·SW["Dodo"]·TR["(Dodo'nun)", "Dodo'nun", "Dodo-nun", "[Dodi'nin]"]·urd["(دودو)", "[ددی]", "بیت-لحم-سے", "دودو", "دودو-کا", "دوُدو-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† דּוֹדוֹ n.pr.m. (his beloved, cf. דודוהו; or comp. דודה n.pr.divin. MI 12, cf. דָּוִד infra)— 1. man of tribe of Issachar Ju 10:1. 2. דדי Kt 2 S 23:9 (= דּוֹדַי 1 Ch 27:4), דּוֹדוֹ Qr = דּוֹדוֹ 1 Ch 11:12. 3. father of אֶלְחָנָן 2 S 23:24 דּוֹדוֹ = 1 Ch 11:26.