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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא (gaḏyā).
Pronunciation
Noun
גְּדִי • (gdí) m (plural indefinite גְּדָיִים, feminine counterpart גְּדִיָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גֶּדִי)
- kid (a young goat)
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לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ׃- lo-t'vashél gdí bakhalév 'imó.
lō-ṯəḇaššēl gəḏī baḥălēḇ ʾimmō. - Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
Tanach, 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-gdí 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.
References
Proper noun
גְּדִי • (g'dí) m
- (astronomy) Capricorn (: Capricornus)
- (astrology) Capricorn (: The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology))
Derived terms
Proper noun
גָּדִי • (gádi)
- a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד (gad)
See also