דּוּךְ III, (v. preced.) leader, chief commander, only in דּוּךְ דּוּכָנִין (an adaptation of dux ducum, δώξ δωκῶν, v. Du Cange s. v.) the leader of the services of the Levites, v. דּוּכָן. Y. Sabb. X, 12ᶜ; Num. R. s. 7 (rendering of נשיא נשיאי Num. III, 32). Num. R. s. 4, end [read:] אלעזר היה דוך דוכנין וכ׳ Eleazar was chief commander, prince over princes; cmp. דּוּכּוֹס.—*Pl. דּוּכִים. Gen. R. s. 5 (play on ד̇כ̇י̇ם̇, Ps. XCIII, 3) (‘the rivers lift up their voices’, saying to the waves of the Sea) דּוֹּכִֹיֹםֹ קבלונו ye leaders, receive us; [Yalk. Ps. 848 דַּכִּים אנו we are crushed].