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dybbuk

Or 徱·ܰ

[dee-book, dib-uhk]

noun

Jewish Folklore.

plural

dybbuks, dybbukim 
  1. a demon, or the soul of a dead person, that enters the body of a living person and directs the person's conduct, exorcism being possible only by a religious ceremony.



dybbuk

/ diˈbuk, ˈdɪbək /

noun

  1. Judaism (in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dybbuk1

First recorded in 1900–05; from Yiddish dibek, from Hebrew 徱ū, derivative of 󲹱 “cleave (to)”; spelling dybbuk is a Polish transliteration of the Hebrew word
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dybbuk1

from Yiddish 徱ū devil, from Hebrew 徱ū; related to 󲹱 to hang on, cling
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That’s when she finds out her new girlfriend may be possessed by a dybbuk.

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“She is dealing with the death of her father and her mother’s depression — and then there’s a wandering spirit or dybbuk that is ornery and disruptive,” said Higuera.

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Perhaps the lantern light I had glimpsed in these windows the night Raizel and I met to go to the Whitechapel Club hadn’t just been a product of the dybbuk.

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Parents must work together to save their young daughter from a dybbuk, a malevolent spirit that inhabits and ultimately devours its human host.

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He is a dybbuk, who rather than being ashamed, guilty or motivated to help our pockmarked nation evolve, looks at the world without hope or imagination.

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