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צנצנת דיו (A jar of ink)

Compare with Aramaic דְּיוּתָא (dyōṯā) and Classical Syriac ܕܝܘܬܐ (dyōṯā), Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

דְּיוֹ (dyóm or f (plural indefinite דְּיוֹאוֹת, singular construct דְּיוֹ־, plural construct דְּיוֹאֵי־)

  1. ink (a pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc)
    • Tanach, Jeremiah 36:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

      וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם בָּרוּךְ מִפִּיו יִקְרָא אֵלַי אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַאֲנִי כֹּתֵב עַל־הַסֵּפֶר בַּדְּיוֹ׃

      vayómer lahém barúkh mipív yikrá 'eláy 'ét kol-had'varím ha'éle va'aní kotév 'al-haséfer bad'yó.
      wayyṓmer lāhem bārūḵ mippīw yiqrā ʾēlay ʾēṯ kol-haddəḇārīm hāʾḗlle waʾănī kōṯēḇ ʿal-hassḗp̄er baddəyō.
      Then Baruch answered them: ‘He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.’
  • דיו” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

דִּיוֹ (díyo)

  1. giddyup (directed at a horse)

Cognate to Spanish Dios; the final S was removed by folk etymology, to emphasise the oneness of God. From Latin deus, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

דיו m (Latin spelling Dyo)

  1. God
    • Ein Keloheinu:

      בנדיגֿו מואישטרו דיו, בנדיגֿו מואישטרו שינייור, בנדיגֿו מואישטרו ריאי, בנדיגֿו מואישטרו שלבדור

      Bendicho muestro Dyo, bendicho muestro Senyor, bendicho muestro Rey, bendicho muestro Salvador.
      Blessed be our God, Blessed be our Lord, Blessed be our King, Blessed be our Saviour.