דּוֹר

1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
\ \ a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Es 51,9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר 5 Mos 32,7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Sl 90,1 (compare vSl 90,2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Es 58,12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Es 61,4 (|| id.)
\ \ b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר 2 Mos 3,15 (E; || לעולם) compare Ord 27,24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר 2 Mos 17,16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Es 34,10 לְדֹר וָדֹר Sl 10,6; Sl 33,11 (|| לעולם) Sl 49,12; Sl 79,13; Sl 85,6; Sl 102,13; Sl 119,90; Sl 135,13; Sl 146,10; Joel 4,20 (all || id.); Sl 89,2 (|| עולם) Sl 89,5 (|| עדעֿולם) Sl 106,31 (|| id.) Es 34,17 (|| id.); Sl 77,9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Sl 100,5 (|| לעולם) Es 13,20 (|| לנצח) Jer 50,39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jer 45,18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Est 9,28 שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Sl 61,7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2,2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Es 60,15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Sl 72,5 יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Es 51,8 (|| לעולם).
\ \ c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Sl 102,25 בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Sl 145,13 לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Klg 5,19.

2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Praed 1,4: specifically
\ \ a. in the present, and (or) the past 1 Mos 7,1 (J) 2 Mos 1,6 (P) 4 Mos 32,13 (JE) 5 Mos 1,35; 5 Mos 2,14; Dom 2,10 (twice in verse); Es 53,8 (compare Che critical note) Jer 2,31 also Sl 95,10; Job 8,8; Es 41,4.
\ \ b. Dom 3,2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו 1 Mos 6,9 (i.e. his own generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
\ \ c. especially of a future generation 1 Mos 15,16 (JE), with numeral, compare 5 Mos 23,3; 5 Mos 23,4; 5 Mos 23,9 also 5 Mos 29,21; Sl 48,14; Sl 71,18; Sl 78,4; Sl 78,6; Sl 102,19; Sl 109,13; Joel 1,3 compare Sl 22,31; Sl 22,32 (Che^{critical note}); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Sl 145,4 בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Est 9,28 usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם 1 Mos 9,12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Sl 105,8 (|| עולם) = 1 Kron 16,15 (|| לעולם); 5 Mos 7,9 see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42,16 usually plural with suffix 1 Mos 17,7; 1 Mos 17,9; 1 Mos 17,12; 2 Mos 12,14; 2 Mos 12,17; 2 Mos 12,42; 2 Mos 16,32; 2 Mos 16,33; 2 Mos 27,21; 2 Mos 29,42; 2 Mos 30,8; 2 Mos 30,10; 2 Mos 30,21; 2 Mos 30,31; 2 Mos 31,13; 2 Mos 31,16; 2 Mos 40,15; 3 Mos 3,17; 3 Mos 6,11; 3 Mos 7,36; 3 Mos 10,9 (all P); 3 Mos 17,7; 3 Mos 21,17; 3 Mos 22,3; 3 Mos 23,14; 3 Mos 23,21; 3 Mos 23,31; 3 Mos 23,41; 3 Mos 23,43; 3 Mos 24,3; 3 Mos 25,30 (all H); 4 Mos 9,10; 4 Mos 10,8; 4 Mos 15,14; 4 Mos 15,15; 4 Mos 15,21; 4 Mos 15,23; 4 Mos 15,38; 4 Mos 18,23; 4 Mos 35,29; Jos 22,27; Jos 22,28 (all P).

3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked generation 5 Mos 32,5 (song) compare v5 Mos 32,20; Sl 78,8 (twice in verse); Jer 7,29 of different classes of wicked, Ord 30,11; Ord 30,12; Ord 30,13; Ord 30,14 compare Sl 12,8 of the righteous, as a class Sl 14,5; Sl 24,6; Sl 73,15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Sl 112,2 (compare Sl 22,31 ᵑ0, but < Che joins לדור to vSl 22,32 compare above below 2 c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Sl 49,20 (so most; yet see below below 4).

4. dwelling-place, habitation Es 38,12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Sl 49,20 De Witt, compare Che^{OP 479}.