גדי

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي‎ (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא‎ (gaḏyā).

Noun

גְּדִי • (g'dí) m (plural indefinite גְּדָיִים‎, feminine counterpart גְּדִיָּה‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גֶּדִי) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. kid, calf; young bovid, especially goat
    • Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Deuteronomy 14:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ׃‎‎
      lo-t'vashél g'dí bakhalév 'imó.
      lō-ṯəḇaššēl gəḏī baḥălēḇ ʾimmō.
      Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
    • Isaiah 11:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏וְגָר זְאֵב עִם־כֶּבֶשׂ וְנָמֵר עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּץ וְעֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא יַחְדָּו וְנַעַר קָטֹן נֹהֵג בָּם׃‎‎
      v'gár z'év 'im-kéves v'namér 'im-g'dí yirbáts v'égel ukh'fír um'rí yakhdáv v'ná'ar katón nohég bám.
      wəḡār zəʾēḇ ʿim-kéḇeś wənāmēr ʿim-gəḏī yirbāṣ wəʿḗḡel ūḵəp̄īr ūmərī yaḥdāw wnáʿar qāṭōn nōhēḡ bām.
      And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

Proper noun

גְּדִי • (g'dí) m

  1. Capricornus

Proper noun

גדי • (gádi)

  1. a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד‎ (gad)

See also

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה‎ (Taleh) ♈︎ שׁוֹר‎ (Shor) ♉︎ תְּאוֹמִים‎ (Te'omim) ♊︎ סַרְטָן‎ (Sartan) ♋︎
אַרְיֵה‎ (Aryeh) ♌︎ בְּתוּלָה‎ (Betulah) ♍︎ מאזניים‎ (Mznm) ♎︎ עַקְרָב‎ (Akrav) ♏︎
קַשָּׁת‎ (Kashat) ♐︎ גְּדִי (Gedi) ♑︎ דְּלִי‎ (Deli) ♒︎ דָּגִים‎ (Dagim) ♓︎
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