dyb·buk (d b  k, d -b k)n. pl. dyb·buks or dyb·buk·im (d -bkm, d b-km) In Jewish folklore, the wandering soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her behavior. [Yiddish dibek, from Hebrew dibb  q, probably from d baq, to cling; see dbq in Semitic roots.] |
dybbuk [ˈdɪbək (Hebrew) diˈbuk]
n pl -buks, -bukkim (Hebrew) [-buˈkim]
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) 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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| Noun | 1. | dybbuk - (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior folklore - the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
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