H1737 H1737
Dodai (personal name, variant of Dodo, an officer in David's administration)
A variant form of the name Dodo, appearing in 1 Chronicles 27:4 to identify one of David's military division commanders. The name means 'his beloved' or perhaps 'beloved one.' This is the same person called Dodo in other lists of David's mighty men, showing the fluidity of Hebrew spelling in proper names. The Chronicler's administrative lists preserve this variant form.
Senses
1. sense 1 — First Chronicles 27:4 lists 'Dodai the Ahohite' as one of the twelve monthly division commanders. The name appears uniformly in most languages (English, Spanish: Dodai), with French and German preserving Hebrew spelling. The context is bureaucratic—monthly roster of 24,000-man divisions. The name's root meaning ('beloved') is common in Hebrew onomastics, marking family affection rather than theological claim. 1×
AR["دُودَايُ"]·ben["দোদয়"]·DE["[דודי]"]·EN["Dodai"]·FR["[דודי]"]·heb["דודי"]·HI["दोदै"]·ID["Dodai"]·IT["[דודי]"]·jav["Dodai"]·KO["도다이"]·PT["Dodai"]·RU["Додай"]·ES["Dodai"]·SW["Dodai"]·TR["Doday"]·urd["دودی"]
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
† דּוֹדַי n.pr.m. = דּוֹדוֹ (q.v.) 1 Ch 27:4 (cf. דדי 2 S 23:9 Kt).