דַּד

dad · breast

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1717 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

dad (דַּד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “breast”.

The breast; in the Song and in Proverbs, an image of the love of husband and wife.

How to say it

dad

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Part of a woman's body where the baby nurses; lap.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • bosoms ×3
  • let her breasts ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 5:19

    a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; in her love may you be lost always.

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    And they prostituted themselves in Egypt; in their youth they prostituted themselves; there their breasts were pressed, and there were squeezed the bosoms of their virginity.

  • Ezekiel 23:8

    And her prostitutions from Egypt she did not abandon, for with her they lay in her youth, and they squeezed the bosoms of her virginity, and they poured out their prostitution on her.

  • Ezekiel 23:21

    And you missed the infamy of your youth, when those from Egypt squeezed your bosoms for the sake of the breasts of your youth.