דָּר (dār) is an Aramaic noun meaning generation. It appears 4 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1859).
Root family 2669: דּוּר dûr — dwell. Similar to Hebrew. The participle of such ַיִן־וַו (ayin-waw) verbs regularly develops a medial ַלֶפְה (aleph) in BA: dāʾrîn. For related nouns see dār “generation,” mĕdôr, mĕdār “dwelling,” and tĕdîrāʾ’ “continuance.” The basic meaning of the root seems to be “move in a circle.” Some early houses were circular. Generations recur in a cyclical fashion. The basic meaning may refer to dwell, which is a derived meaning indicating that which is circular, e.g. a heap. The cognate Akkadian noun refers to a city wall, which in our thinking goes “round” the city
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