I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculine[Deut 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 [Gen 7:1] + 68 t.; דֹּר [Exod 3:15] 36 t.; construct דּוֺר [Deut 32:20] + 7 t., דֹּר [Exod 3:15] suffix דּוֺרִי [Isa 38:12], דּוֺרוֺ [Isa 53:8] plural דּוֺרִים [Ps 72:5] + 2 t., דֹּרוֺת absolute [Job 42:16]; [Isa 41:4] construct [Judg 3:2] דּוֺרוֺת construct [Isa 51:9], דֹּרֹת [Gen 9:12] suffix דֹּרֹתָיו [Gen 6:9]; [Lev 25:30], דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ [Josh 22:27], דֹּרֹתֵינוּ v[Josh 22:28], דּרֹתֵיכֶם [Gen 17:12] + 27 t., דֹּרֹתָם [Gen 17:7] + 10 t.; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
\ \ a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים [Isa 51:9] (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר [Deut 32:7] (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר [Ps 90:1] (compare v[Ps 90:2]); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר [Isa 58:12] (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר [Isa 61:4] (|| id.)
\ \ b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר [Exod 3:15] (E; || לעולם) compare [Prov 27:24] Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר [Exod 17:16] (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר [Isa 34:10] לְדֹר וָדֹר [Ps 10:6]; [Ps 33:11] (|| לעולם) [Ps 49:12]; [Ps 79:13]; [Ps 85:6]; [Ps 102:13]; [Ps 119:90]; [Ps 135:13]; [Ps 146:10]; [Joel 4:20] (all || id.); [Ps 89:2] (|| עולם) [Ps 89:5] (|| עדעֿולם) [Ps 106:31] (|| id.) [Isa 34:17] (|| id.); [Ps 77:9] (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר [Ps 100:5] (|| לעולם) [Isa 13:20] (|| לנצח) [Jer 50:39] (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר [Jer 45:18] (|| לעולם ועד) compare [Esth 9:28] שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר [Ps 61:7] compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר [Joel 2:2] (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר [Isa 60:15] (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים [Ps 72:5] יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים [Isa 51:8] (|| לעולם).
\ \ c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ [Ps 102:25] בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר [Ps 145:13] לְדוֺר וָדוֺר [Lam 5:19].
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא [Eccl 1:4]: specifically
\ \ a. in the present, and (or) the past [Gen 7:1] (J) [Exod 1:6] (P) [Num 32:13] (JE) [Deut 1:35]; [Deut 2:14]; [Judg 2:10] (twice in verse); [Isa 53:8] (compare Che critical note) [Jer 2:31] also [Ps 95:10]; [Job 8:8]; [Isa 41:4].
\ \ b. [Judg 3:2] (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו [Gen 6:9] (i.e. his own generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
\ \ c. especially of a future generation [Gen 15:16] (JE), with numeral, compare [Deut 23:3]; [Deut 23:4]; [Deut 23:9] also [Deut 29:21]; [Ps 48:14]; [Ps 71:18]; [Ps 78:4]; [Ps 78:6]; [Ps 102:19]; [Ps 109:13]; [Joel 1:3] compare [Ps 22:31]; [Ps 22:32] (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ [Ps 145:4] בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר [Esth 9:28] usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם [Gen 9:12] (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר [Ps 105:8] (|| עולם) = [1Chr 16:15] (|| לעולם); [Deut 7:9] see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת [Job 42:16] usually plural with suffix [Gen 17:7]; [Gen 17:9]; [Gen 17:12]; [Exod 12:14]; [Exod 12:17]; [Exod 12:42]; [Exod 16:32]; [Exod 16:33]; [Exod 27:21]; [Exod 29:42]; [Exod 30:8]; [Exod 30:10]; [Exod 30:21]; [Exod 30:31]; [Exod 31:13]; [Exod 31:16]; [Exod 40:15]; [Lev 3:17]; [Lev 6:11]; [Lev 7:36]; [Lev 10:9] (all P); [Lev 17:7]; [Lev 21:17]; [Lev 22:3]; [Lev 23:14]; [Lev 23:21]; [Lev 23:31]; [Lev 23:41]; [Lev 23:43]; [Lev 24:3]; [Lev 25:30] (all H); [Num 9:10]; [Num 10:8]; [Num 15:14]; [Num 15:15]; [Num 15:21]; [Num 15:23]; [Num 15:38]; [Num 18:23]; [Num 35:29]; [Josh 22:27]; [Josh 22:28] (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked generation [Deut 32:5] (song) compare v[Deut 32:20]; [Ps 78:8] (twice in verse); [Jer 7:29] of different classes of wicked, [Prov 30:11]; [Prov 30:12]; [Prov 30:13]; [Prov 30:14] compare [Ps 12:8] of the righteous, as a class [Ps 14:5]; [Ps 24:6]; [Ps 73:15] (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) [Ps 112:2] (compare [Ps 22:31] ᵑ0, but < Che joins לדור to v[Ps 22:32] compare above below 2 c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead [Ps 49:20] (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation [Isa 38:12] compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also [Ps 49:20] De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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