לוד

Hebrew

Proper noun

⁧לוּד⁩ • (lúd) m

  1. Lydia (an ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 27:10, with translation of the New International Version:
      ⁧פָּרַס וְלוּד וּפוּט הָיוּ בְחֵילֵךְ אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתֵּךְ;⁩
      parás vəlúd ufút hayú vəḥēléch anšḗ milḥamtéch;
      Men of Persia, Lydia and Put served as soldiers in your army;

Proper noun

⁧לוֹד⁩ • (lód) f

  1. Lod (a city in central Israel)
    • Tanach, Ezra 2:33, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ⁧בְּנֵי־לֹד חָדִיד וְאוֹנוֹ; שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה.⁩
      bənḗ lod ḥadíd vəonó; šəvá' məót esrím vaḥamiššá
      The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono; seven hundred twenty and five.

Knaanic

Alternative forms
  • ⁧ליד⁩ (lid) (per Jakobson and Halle 1964)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ. Compare Czech led, Old Polish lod (modern Polish lód), Slovak ľad.

Noun

⁧לוד⁩ (lod)

  1. hail (frozen pellets that fall as precipitation)

References

From ben Moshe, cited in: 1987. Paul Wexler. Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, E. J. Brill (Leiden).

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