זבוב

Hebrew

Root
ז־ב־ב (z-b-b)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏVb(V)b. Cognate with Akkadian 𒉏 (zubbum) and Arabic ذُبَاب (ḏubāb).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zvuv/
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Noun

זְבוּב • (zvuv) m (plural indefinite זְבוּבִים, singular construct זְבוּב־, plural construct זְבוּבֵי־)

fly (an insect of the order Diptera)

Derived terms

Further reading

H2070 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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