דוגמה

From Aramaic ⁧דּוּגְמָא⁩ (dūḡmāʾ), from Ancient Greek δεῖγμα (deîgma), from the verb δείχνω (deíchno, “to point”).

• ⁧דֻּגְמָה⁩ (dugmá) (defective spelling)
• ⁧דֻּגְמָא⁩ (dugmá), ⁧דוגמא⁩ (dugmá) (Aramaic spelling)

⁧דּוּגְמָה / דֻּגְמָה⁩ • (dugmá) f (plural indefinite ⁧דוגמות / דֻּגְמוֹת⁩ or ⁧דוגמאות / דֻּגְמָאוֹת⁩, singular construct ⁧דוגמת / דֻּגְמַת־⁩)

1. an example, a sample, a specimen
   • c. 1735-43, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, “146:9”, in Da'at Tevunoth‎:

     ⁧והנה אראך דבר נעים, איך לכל ההדרגה הזאת יש דוגמה בעולם:⁩

     And here I will show you a pleasant thing, how all this gradation has an example in the world:

   • 1953, David Ben-Gurion, על העבר ועל העתיד (On the past and the future)‎:

     ⁧אנו מאמינים שיש ביכולתנו להנחיל לרוב הציבור השקפתנו וחזוננו בכוח הדוגמא והשכנוע ואמונתנו זו לא הכזיבה.⁩

     We believe that we can instill in the majority of the public our view and vision by the power of example and persuasion, and our belief is no delusion.

2. a pattern

• As with other feminine loanwords from Aramaic, the Academy of the Hebrew Language recommends that ⁧דוגמה⁩ be written with a ⁧ה⁩ (h, “hei”) at the end rather than with an ⁧א⁩ (ʾ, “alef”) (as in Aramaic). Nonetheless, the Aramaic spellings are still common today, sometimes more common than the recommended spellings. In many cases the different plurals are used interchangeably.

• ⁧לדוגמה / לְדֻגְמָה⁩ (l'dugmá, “for example”)
• ⁧ד-ג-ם⁩

• “⁧דוגמה⁩” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

From various European languages, ultimately from Ancient Greek δόγμα (dógma, “opinion, tenet”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem good, think”).

⁧דּוֹגְמָה⁩ • (dog'má) f (plural indefinite ⁧דּוֹגְמוֹת⁩, singular construct ⁧דּוֹגְמַת־⁩)

1. dogma