Jewish Folklore the spirit of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and possesses it
Origin of dybbuk
Classical Hebrew (language) dibb?q from d?bhaq, to cleave, hold todybbuk
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dybbuk
noun
pl. dyb·buks, or dyb·buk·imIn Jewish folklore, the wandering soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her behavior.
Origin of dybbuk
Yiddish dibek from Hebrew dibbūq probably from dābaq to cling dbqTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural dybbuks)
- A malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person.
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