Dybbuk Definition

dĭbo͝ok, dē-bo͝ok
dybbuks
noun
dybbuks
The spirit of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and possesses it.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
dybbuk
Plural:
dybbuks

Origin of Dybbuk

  • Yiddish dibek from Hebrew dibbūq probably from dābaq to cling dbq in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Yiddish דיבוק (dibek), from Hebrew דבק (dovek, “cling”).

    From Wiktionary

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