צבי

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *θ̣aby(at-). Compare Arabic ظَبْي‎ (ẓaby) & Aramaic טַבְיָא‎ (ṭaḇyā).

Noun

צְבִי • (ts'ví) m (plural indefinite צְבָיִים‎, feminine counterpart צבייה \ צְבִיָּה‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form צֶבִי) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. gazelle
    • 2 Samuel 2:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      ‏וַיִּהְיוּ־שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה יוֹאָב וַאֲבִישַׁי וַעֲשָׂהאֵל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל קַל בְּרַגְלָיו כְּאַחַד הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶה׃‎‎
      vayihyu-shám sh'loshá b'néi ts'ruyá yo'áv va'avishái va'asa'él va'asa'él kál b'ragláv k'akhád hats'vayím 'ashér basadé.
      wayyihyū-šām šəlōšā bənē ṣərūyā yōʾāḇ waʾăḇīšay waʿăśāʾēl waʿăśāʾēl qal bəraḡlāw kəʾaḥaḏ haṣṣəḇāyīm ʾăšer baśśāḏe.
      And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot as one of the roes that are in the field.

Proper noun

צְבִי • (ts'ví) m

  1. A male given name, transliterated as Tzvi.

References
  • Weninger, Stefan, editor (2011) The Semitic Languages - An International Handbook, KG, Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 208
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