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dybbuk|ˈdɪbʊk|
Also dibbuk. Pl. dybbukim, dybbuks.
[Heb. dibbūḳ, f. dāḇaḳ to cling, cleave.]
In Jewish folk-lore, the malevolent spirit of a dead person that enters and controls the body of a living person until exorcized.
1903Jewish Encycl. IV, Dibbuḳim, transmigrated souls. ‘Dibbuḳ’..is a colloquial equivalent, common among the superstitious Jews in eastern European countries, for a migrant soul. 1926Alsberg & Katzin tr. ‘S. Ansky’ (title) The dybbuk. 1929T. Wolfe Look Homeward, Angel (1930) xxx. 431 An old Jew who muttered jargon into a rabbi's beard as if saying a spell against Dybbuks. 1959Times 30 Dec. 9/1 The Tenth Man is about a Jewish girl who thinks she is possessed by a dybbuk, or demon. |