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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