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What the does the name david mean?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It from the Hebrew word for "beloved".

Hebrew mothers called their babies david. So when a teenaged boy, e.g. the famous giant-slayer, was still being addressed as david, that was like calling him "baby" - something of an insult! I suppose it's understandable when you recall that the Biblical King David was the youngest of tenchildren.

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12y ago

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