כבוד

See also: כּבֿוד

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
כ־ב־ד (k-b-d)

Related to כָּבֵד (kavéd, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈvod/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔ.vojd/
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈbod/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔˈvøð/, /kɔˈveð/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kɔːˈvoːð/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaːˈboːd/, [kaːˈβoːð]

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Noun

כָּבוֹד • (kavód) m (plural indefinite כְּבוֹדִים, singular construct כְּבוֹד־, plural construct כְּבוֹדֵי־)

1. honor
2. respect
3. esteem
4. dignity, self-respect
5. reputation
6. (Ashkenazi Hebrew) With third-person possessive suffixes, used to form polite second-person pronouns.

Declension

Declension of כָּבוֹד

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	כָּבוֹד	first	כְּבוֹדִי		כְּבוֹדֵנוּ
	definite	הַכָּבוֹד	second	כְּבוֹדְךָ	כְּבוֹדֵךְ	כְּבוֹדְכֶם	כְּבוֹדְכֶן
	construct	כְּבוֹד־	third	כְּבוֹדוֹ	כְּבוֹדָהּ	כְּבוֹדָם	כְּבוֹדָן
plural	indefinite	כְּבוֹדִים	first	כבודיי / כְּבוֹדַי		כְּבוֹדֵינוּ
	definite	הַכְּבוֹדִים	second	כְּבוֹדֶיךָ	כבודייך / כְּבוֹדַיִךְ	כְּבוֹדֵיכֶם	כְּבוֹדֵיכֶן
	construct	כְּבוֹדֵי־	third	כְּבוֹדָיו	כְּבוֹדֶיהָ	כְּבוֹדֵיהֶם	כְּבוֹדֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• איכבוד
• בכבוד
• כְּבוֹדוֹ
• כָּל הַכָּבוֹד
• לִכְבוֹד

 

Descendants

• → Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved)
• → Ladino: כבוד (kavod)

References

• H3519 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Ladino

Alternative forms

• כּב׳וד

Etymology

From Hebrew כָּבוֹד.

Noun

כבוד m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling kavod)

1. honor