dybbuk
or dib·buk
[ Sephardic Hebrew dee-book; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English dib-uh k ]
/ Sephardic Hebrew diˈbuk; Ashkenazic Hebrew, English ˈdɪb ək /
noun, plural dyb·buks, dyb·bu·kim [Sephardic Hebrew dee-boo-keem; Ashkenazic Hebrew dih-boo k-im] /Sephardic Hebrew ˌdi buˈkim; Ashkenazic Hebrew dɪˈbʊk ɪm/. Jewish Folklore.
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.
Origin of dybbuk
1900–05; < Yiddish
dibek < Hebrew
dibbūq, derivative of
dābhaq cleave (to); spelling
dybbuk is a Pol transliteration of the Heb word
Words nearby dybbuk
dyadic,
dyak,
dyarchy,
dyaus,
dyazide,
dybbuk,
dyce,
dye,
dye sensitizing,
dye transfer,
dyed-in-the-wool
British Dictionary definitions for dybbuk
dybbuk
/ (ˈdɪbək, Hebrew diˈbuk) /
noun plural -buks or -bukkim (Hebrew -buˈkim)
Judaism
(in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person
Word Origin for dybbuk
from Yiddish
dibbūk devil, from Hebrew
dibbūq; related to
dābhaq to hang on, cling