יונה
Hebrew
editEtymology
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י־ו־ן (y-w-n) |
From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.
Pronunciation
edit- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /joːnɔː/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /joˈna/
Audio (Israel): (file)
Noun
editיוֹנָה • (yoná) f (plural indefinite יוֹנִים, singular construct יוֹנַת־, plural construct יוֹנֵי־)
- dove, pigeon
- אביתר בנאי, אבא
- יונתי בחגווי הסלע
השמיעיני את קולך- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- אביתר בנאי, אבא
- dove (pacifist)
Usage notes
edit- Unlike English, which makes a distinction between doves and pigeons who constitute the same bird family – Columbidae, generally attributing positive attributes to the former and negative to the latter, Hebrew does not.
Declension
editDeclension of יוֹנָה
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | יוֹנָה | first | יוֹנָתִי | יוֹנָתֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַיּוֹנָה | second | יוֹנָתְךָ | יוֹנָתֵךְ | יוֹנַתְכֶם | יוֹנַתְכֶן | |
construct | יוֹנַת־ | third | יוֹנָתוֹ | יוֹנָתָהּ | יוֹנָתָם | יוֹנָתָן | |
plural | indefinite | יוֹנִים | first | יוניי / יוֹנַי | יוֹנֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַיּוֹנִים | second | יוֹנֶיךָ | יונייך / יוֹנַיִךְ | יוֹנֵיכֶם | יוֹנֵיכֶן | |
construct | יוֹנֵי־ | third | יוֹנָיו | יוֹנֶיהָ | יוֹנֵיהֶם | יוֹנֵיהֶן |
Derived terms
edit- יונת דואר / יוֹנַת דֹּאַר (yonát dóar)
Proper noun
editיוֹנָה • (yoná) m or f
- (biblical) Jonah (a minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish)
- (biblical) Jonah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
- a male or female given name, Yona or Yonah, equivalent to English Jonah
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “יונה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- H3124 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Further reading
edit- יונה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- יונה בן אמיתי on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־ו־ן
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hebrew terms with audio links
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew nouns
- Hebrew feminine nouns with plurals ending in ־ים
- Hebrew feminine nouns
- Hebrew terms with quotations
- Hebrew proper nouns
- Hebrew masculine nouns
- Hebrew nouns with multiple genders
- he:Biblical characters
- he:Books of the Bible
- Hebrew given names
- Hebrew male given names
- Hebrew female given names
- he:Columbids