Dybbukim

/dɪˈbuːkɪm/ noun

Definition

The plural form of dybbuk in Hebrew, referring to multiple malicious spirits or demons that possess living people.

Etymology

From Hebrew dybbuk with the masculine plural suffix -im, used in formal or traditional Jewish Hebrew contexts. The plural form appears in classical Jewish texts and is preferred in modern Hebrew over the Yiddish-influenced 'dybbuks.'

Kelly Says

Language gets interesting when words travel—dybbukim is how you'd say it in proper Hebrew, while dybbuks is the Yiddish-influenced English plural, showing how Jewish culture used multiple languages simultaneously.

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