גיבור
Hebrew
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editClose cognate to Aramaic גִבָּר (ḡibbār, “hero”), Classical Syriac ܓܢܒܪܐ (gabbārā, “mighty man”). Compare Arabic جَبَّارً (jabbār).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɡiˈboʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
editגיבור / גִּבּוֹר • (gibór) m (plural indefinite גיבורים / גִּבּוֹרִים) [pattern: קִטּוֹל]
- (Biblical Hebrew) “mighty man” (military chief)
- Tanach, 2 Samuel 23:8, with translation of the New International Version:
- אֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת הַגִּבֹּרִים אֲשֶׁר לְדָוִד […]
- éle shmót hagiborím ashér l'davíd
ʔellɛ šəmoṯ ha‐giborim ʔăšɛr lə‐ḏɔwiḏ […] - These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: […]
- éle shmót hagiborím ashér l'davíd
- (Biblical Hebrew, poetic, rare) tyrant
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- hero
- 2020 January 9, Ahiya Raved, Itamar Eichner, “"ביום הולדתך את קוברת גיבור של מדינה שלמה" [“On your birthday, you bury a hero of the entire country”]”, in Ynet[1]:
- מפעם לפעם בעיתות מצוקה אנחנו מגלים גיבורים שזוהרים ברקיע.
- mipá'am lepá'am be'itót metsuká anákhnu megalím giborím shezoharím berakía.
- Once in a while, in times of trial, we discover heroes who shine in the sky.
- protagonist
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
Declension
editisolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
m | f | m | f | ||||
singular | indefinite | גִּבּוֹר | first | גִּבּוֹרִי | גִּבּוֹרֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַגִּבּוֹר | second | גִּבּוֹרְךָ | גִּבּוֹרֵךְ | גִּבּוֹרְכֶם | גִּבּוֹרְכֶן | |
construct | גִּבּוֹר־ | third | גִּבּוֹרוֹ | גִּבּוֹרָהּ | גִּבּוֹרָם | גִּבּוֹרָן | |
plural | indefinite | גִּבּוֹרִים | first | גבוריי / גִּבּוֹרַי | גִּבּוֹרֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַגִּבּוֹרִים | second | גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ | גבורייך / גִּבּוֹרַיִךְ | גִּבּוֹרֵיכֶם | גִּבּוֹרֵיכֶן | |
construct | גִּבּוֹרֵי־ | third | גִּבּוֹרָיו | גִּבּוֹרֶיהָ | גִּבּוֹרֵיהֶם | גִּבּוֹרֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
edit- גיבורי / גִּבּוֹרִי (giborí, “heroic”)
Adjective
editגיבור / גִּבּוֹר • (gibór) (Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew)
- strong, powerful; heroic, brave
- Tanach, Genesis 10:9, with translation of the King James Version:
- הוּא־הָיָה גִבֹּֽר־צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה עַל־כֵּן יֵאָמַר כְּנִמְרֹד גִּבּוֹר צַיִד לִפְנֵי יְהוָה׃
- hu-hayá gibór-tsáyid lifné YHVH al-kén k'nimród gibór tsáyid lifné YHVH
huʔ‐hɔyɔ ḡibor‐ṣayiḏ li‐p̄əne YHWH ʕal‐ken yeʔɔmar kə‐nimroḏ gibor ṣayiḏ li‐p̄əne YHWH - He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
- hu-hayá gibór-tsáyid lifné YHVH al-kén k'nimród gibór tsáyid lifné YHVH
- Tanach, Psalms 24:8, with translation of the King James Version:
- מִי זֶה מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד יְהוָה עִזּוּז וְגִבּוֹר יְהוָה גִּבּוֹר מִלְחָמָה׃
- mi ze mélekh hakavód YHVH izúz v'gibór YHVH milkhamá
mi zɛ mɛ́lɛḵ ha-kɔḇoḏ YHWH ʕizzuz wə‐ḡibor YHWH gibor milḥɔmɔ - Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
- mi ze mélekh hakavód YHVH izúz v'gibór YHVH milkhamá
References
edit- H1368 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “גִּבּוֹר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 89
Yiddish
editNoun
editגיבור • (giber) m, plural גיבורים (geboyrim)
- alternative spelling of גבור (giber)
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