Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

The shorter form $D is a variant of

DD, ZD, YD, SD CD, $D, TD

דד, זד, יד, סד, צד, שד, תד

From DD we have:
DAD, 'breast, teat, bulge, nipple', DADAH, 'move unsteadily and  
waveringly, shake and tilt
from side to side' (compare: תעתע, צעצע, טאטא, זעזע,  
שעשע), DUDA, 'sprout' (compare the
modern תות TUT), DUD, 'pot, teat-like basket', DOD, 'side relation,  
consort, partner, YDIYD'.

From ZD we have:
ZED (also $ED), 'deviant, devious', ZAD-ON, 'intention,  
premeditation, purpose'.

From YD we have:
YAD, 'hand, a thrusting outward bodily limb, jutting out appendage,  
extremity'.

From SD we have:
SAD, 'log', SOD, SID, bundle, collection, accumulation'.

From CD we have:
CAD, 'side, extension, accumulation '.

From $D we have:
$AD,'teat', $OD, 'collection, accumulation'

From TD we have:
YATED, 'peg, nail'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University