דן

דן

Hebrew

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Root
ד־ו־ן‎ (d-w-n)

From the root ד־ו־ן‎ (d-w-n)/ד־ן‎ (d-n). More at דין‎ (“logical argument”).

Verb

דָּן • (dan) (pa'al construction)

1. To discuss; construed with על‎ (al, “on”).
2. (transitive) To judge.

Conjugation

Conjugation of דָּן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לָדוּן‎ action noun: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	דַּנְתִּי‎		דַּנּוּ‎
	second	דַּנְתָּ‎	דַּנְתְּ‎	דַּנְתֶּם‎	דַּנְתֶּן‎
	third	דָּן	דָּנָה‎	דָּנוּ‎
present		דָּן	דָּנָה‎	דָּנִים‎	דָּנוֹת‎
future	first	אָדוּן‎		נָדוּן‎
	second	תָּדוּן‎	תָּדוּנִי‎	תָּדוּנוּ‎	תדונה / תָּדֹנָּה‎1
	third	יָדוּן‎	תָּדוּן‎	יָדוּנוּ‎	תדונה / תָּדֹנָּה‎1
imperative		דּוּן‎	דּוּנִי‎	דּוּנוּ‎	דונה / דֹּנָּה‎1
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Traditionally taken to be from דָּן (dan, “Dan (one of the sons of Jacob in the Bible)”), whose name perhaps derived from the same root ד־ו־ן‎ (d-w-n) as above, but modern scholars frequently view this figure as an after-the-fact eponym and connect the tribal name to other words and names, such as Denyen.

Proper noun

דָּן • (dan)

1. Dan (one of the Israelite tribes).
2. Dan (the region of Ancient Israel occupied by this tribe).
3. a male given name

Derived terms

• גּוּשׁ דָּן‎ (gush dán)

References

• H1835 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible