dybbuk
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Origin:
1900–05; < Yiddish dibek < Hebrew dibbūq, derivative of dābhaq cleave (to); spelling dybbuk is a Pol transliteration of the Heb word
1900–05; < Yiddish dibek < Hebrew dibbūq, derivative of dābhaq cleave (to); spelling dybbuk is a Pol transliteration of the Heb word
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| —n , pl -buks, -bukkim | |
| Judaism (in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person | |
| [from Yiddish dibbūk devil, from Hebrew dibbūq; related to dābhaq to hang on, cling] | |
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Word Origin & History
dybbuk
1903, "malevolent spirit of a dead person possessing the body of a living one," from Jewish folklore, from Heb. dibbuk, from dabak "to cling, cleave to."
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Example sentences
His shining moment comes when he exorcises a dybbuk who takes possession of the bride during the ceremony.
But the dybbuk does not acknowledge that it has been appeased.
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