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I. דֹּר דּוֺר,‎ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 32:5} period, Generation, dwelling (compare below

verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר‎, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) דָּר‎, , age, Generation; Arabic gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר‎, one time, once, דרם דרם‎ each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר‎ Genesis 7:1 68t.; דֹּר‎ Exodus 3:15; 36t.; construct דּוֺר‎ Deuteronomy 32:20 7t., דֹּר‎ Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי‎ Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ‎ 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים‎ Psalm 72:5 2t., דֹּרוֺת‎ absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת‎ construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת‎ Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו‎ 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ‎ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ‎ 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם‎ Genesis 17:12 27t., דֹּרֹתָם‎ 17:7 10t.; —

1 period, age, Generation, mostly poetic:

a. of duration in the past, former age(s) עוֺלָמִים דּוֺרוֺת‎ Isaiah 51:9 ("" ימי קדם‎); וָדֹר דֹּר שְׁנוֺת‎ Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; "" עולם ימות‎); וָדֹר בְּדֹר‎ Psalm 90:1 (compare 90:2); דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר מוֺסְדֵי‎ Isaiah 58:12 ("" עולם חרבות‎); וָדוֺר דּוֺר שֹׁמֲמוֺת‎ 61:4 ("" id.)

b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), דֹּר לְדֹר‎ Exodus 3:15 (E; "" לעולם‎) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr וָדוֺר לְדוֺר‎; "" id.); דֹּר מִדֹּר‎ Exodus 17:16 (E), = לָדוֺר מִדּוֺר‎ Isaiah 34:10; וָדֹר לְדֹר‎ Psalm 10:6; 33:11 ("" לעולם‎) 49:12; 79:13; 85:6; 102:13; 119:90; 135:13; 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all "" id.); 89:2 ("" עולם‎) 89:5 ("" עדעֿולם‎) 106:31 ("" id.) Isaiah 34:17 ("" id.); Psalm 77:9 ("" לנצח‎); וָדֹר עַדדֹּֿר‎ 100:5 ("" לעולם‎) Isaiah 13:20 ("" לנצח‎) Jeremiah 50:39 ("" id.); וָדֹר בְּכָלדֹּֿר‎ Jeremiah 45:18 ("" ועד לעולם‎) compare Esther 9:28; וָדֹר דֹר כְּמוֺ שְׁנוֺתָיו‎ Psalm 61:7 compare וָדוֺר דּוֺר שְׁנֵי‎ Joel 2:2 ("" העולם‎); as modifying phrase וָדוֺר דּוֺר מְשׂוֺשׂ‎ Isaiah 60:15 ("" עולם נאון‎); further דּוֺרִים דּוֺר‎ Psalm 72:5; דּוֺרִים לְדוֺר יְשׁוּעָתִי‎ Isaiah 51:8 ("" לעולם‎).

c. apparently including both past and future שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ דּוֺרִים בְּדוֺר‎ Psalm 102:25; וָדֹר דּוֺר בְּכָל‎ 145:13; וָדוֺר לְדוֺר‎ Lamentations 5:19.

2 of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory בָּא וְדוֺר הֹלֵךְ דּוֺר‎ Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically

a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.

b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו‎ Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).

c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; 23:4; 23:9; also 29:21; Psalm 48:14; 71:18; 78:4; 78:6; 102:19; 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Che^{critical note}); of a succession of Generations מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְשַׂבַּח לְדוֺר דּוֺר‎ 145:4; וָדוֺר בְּכָלדּֿוֺר‎ Esther 9:28; usually plural עוֺלָם לְדֹרֹת‎ Genesis 9:12 (P); with number דּוֺר לְאֶלֶף‎ Psalm 105:8 ("" עולם‎) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 ("" לעולם‎); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, דֹּרוֺת אַרְבָּעָה‎ Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; 16:32-33, 27:21; 29:42; 30:8, 10, 21, 31; 31:13, 16; 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9 (all P); 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; 24:3; 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; 10:8; 15:14-15, 21, 23, 38; 18:23; 35:29; Joshua 22:27-28, (all P).

3 generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: עִקֵּשׁ דּוֺר‎ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11-12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class 14:5; 24:6; 73:15 (דּוֺר בָּנֶיךָ‎) 112:2 (compare 22:31 ᵑ0‎, but < Che joins לדור‎ to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also אֲבוֺתָיו דּוֺר‎ i.e. the dead 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).

4 dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר‎ verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life "" חַיַּי‎); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare Che^{OP 479}.

דָּר‎ noun [masculine] generation (Biblical Hebrew דּוֺר‎); — absolute in phrase וְדָו עִםדָּֿר‎ Daniel 3:33; Daniel 4:31 (is) with Generation and Generation, i.e. endures Generation after Generation.