שד

See also: שד׳

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ṯdʾ (“breast, pap, teat”). Cognate with Arabic ثَدْي (ṯady, “breast”) and Aramaic תַּדָּא (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃad/

Noun

שָׁד • (shad) m (dual indefinite שדיים / שָׁדַיִם)

1. A breast.

See also

• ציצי (tsitsi)

References

• H7699 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “שד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• Ugaritic Grammar Textbook, Gordon, §10.5 p=95

Further reading

• שד (איבר) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Root
שׁ־ו־ד (š-w-d)

Compare Aramaic ܫܐܕܐ (šēḏā) and Akkadian 𒀭𒆘 (šēdum, “a protective deity”), from which the former derives.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃed/

Noun

שֵׁד • (shed) m (plural indefinite שֵׁדִים, feminine counterpart שֵׁדָה)

1. A demon, devil, fiend, sprite, bogey, fantom, genie, ghost, phantom, poltergeist, shade, spirit.

Derived terms

• שֵׁדִי (shedí)

References

• H7700 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• שד (מיתולוגיה) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 3

Noun

שֹׁד • (shod) m

1. defective spelling of שוד (“robbery”)

Anagrams

• ד״ש

Ugaritic

Noun

• šd

Alternative forms

• ḏd ynqm . bap . ḏd (52:59,61) 'sucking from the nipple of the breast', (1 Aqht: 145)

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• שעד (shed) — Soviet phonetic spelling

Etymology

From Hebrew שֵׁד.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: שייד (sheyd)

Noun

שד • (sheyd) m, plural שדים (sheydem), feminine שידה (sheyde) or שדיכע (sheydikhe)

1. demon (in Jewish folklore)