Dvorah
/dəˈvoʊ.rə/noun
A Hebrew feminine given name, commonly understood to mean “bee.”
Did you know?In the Book of Judges, Dvorah is portrayed as a prophetess and judge of Israel who leads alongside the warrior Barak, making the name an unusually direct link between feminine wisdom and battlefield authority.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*dubbūr-
“Bee; the reconstructed Semitic source associated with the Hebrew word for bee”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
דְּבוֹרָה (Dəvōrāh)
“Bee; also the personal name of the prophetess and judge in the Book of Judges”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Debbōra
“Greek transliteration of the Hebrew personal name in the Septuagint tradition”
4th–5th Century CE
Latin
Debbora
“Latin biblical form of the name”
Middle English
English
Deborah
“The biblical personal name transmitted through Christian scripture and tradition”
Modern English
English
Dvorah
“A modern transliteration variant of the Hebrew name דבורה”