לוד

Hebrew

Proper noun

לוּד • (lúd) m

1. Lydia (an ancient kingdom in western Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 27:10, with translation of the New International Version:

     פָּרַס וְלוּד וּפוּט הָיוּ בְחֵילֵךְ אַנְשֵׁי מִלְחַמְתֵּךְ;

     parás vəlúd ufút hayú vəḥēléch anšḗ milḥamtéch;

     Men of Persia, Lydia and Put served as soldiers in your army;

Proper noun

לוֹד • (lód) f

1. Lod (a city in Israel)
   • Tanach, Ezra 2:33, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     בְּנֵי־לֹד חָדִיד וְאוֹנוֹ; שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת עֶשְׂרִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה.

     bənḗ lod ḥadíd vəonó; šəvá' məót esrím vaḥamiššá

     The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono; seven hundred twenty and five.

Further reading

• לוד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Knaanic

Alternative forms

• ליד (lid) (per Jakobson and Halle 1964)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ledъ. Compare Czech led, Old Polish lod (modern Polish lód), Slovak ľad.

Noun

לוד (lod)

1. hail (frozen pellets that fall as precipitation)

References

From ben Moshe, cited in: 1987. Paul Wexler. Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, E. J. Brill (Leiden).