שד

See also:שד׳

Hebrew

Etymology 1

FromProto-Semitic*ṯdʾ(“breast, pap, teat”).Cognate withArabicثَدْي(ṯady,“breast”)andAramaicתַּדָּא(“breast”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ʃad/

Noun

שָׁד•(shad)m(dual indefiniteשדיים / שָׁדַיִם)

1. Abreast.

See also

• ציצי(tsitsi)

References

• H7699inStrong, James(1979)Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “שד”in theHebrew Terms Databaseof the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• שד (איבר)on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia^he

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־ו־ד(sh-w-d)

CompareAramaicܫܐܕܐ(šēḏā)andAkkadian𒀭𒆘(šēdum,“a protective deity”),from which the former derives.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)IPA^(key):/ʃed/

Noun

שֵׁד•(shed)m(plural indefiniteשֵׁדִים,feminine counterpartשֵׁדָה)

1. Ademon,devil,fiend,sprite,bogey,fantom,genie,ghost,phantom,poltergeist,shade,spirit.

Derived terms

• שֵׁדִי(shedí)

References

• H7700inStrong, James(1979)Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• שד (מיתולוגיה)on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia^he

Etymology 3

Noun

שֹׁד•(shod)m

1. defective spellingofשוד( “robbery”)

Anagrams

• ד״ש

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• שעד(shed)—Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

FromHebrewשֵׁד.

Pronunciation

• Homophone:שייד(sheyd)

Noun

שד•(sheyd)m,pluralשדים(sheydem),feminineשידה(sheyde)orשדיכע(sheydikhe)

1. demon(in Jewish folklore)