זבוב

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ז־ב־ב‎ (z-b-b)

From the root ז־ב־ב‎ , from Proto-Semitic *ḏVb(V)b. Cognate with Arabic ذُبَابٌ‎ (ḏubābun), Akkadian 𒉏 (zubbum).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zvuv/

Noun

זְבוּב • (zvuv) m (plural indefinite זְבוּבִים‎, singular construct זְבוּב־, plural construct זְבוּבֵי־‎)

fly (an insect of the order Diptera)

Derived terms

בעל זבוב‎
זבוב הבית‎

Further reading

H2070 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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