Pr 17:12 Ho 13:8 cf. Is 11: 7; undetermined 1 S 17:34 , 36 , 37 Am 5:19 Pr 28:15 Is 59:11 La 3:10 (on art. 1 S 17:34 Am 5:19 cf. RS ^{Sem i 119 n.})

• דִּבָּה S 1681 TWOT 396b GK 1804 n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report ( ^?

as that which glides stealthily ) — abs. ד׳ Nu 14:36 Pr 10:1 8; cstr. דִּבַּת Je 20:10 + 4 times; sf. דִּבָּֽתְךָ Pr 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Gn 37: 2;— 1. whispering ψ 31:14 Je 20:10 ( Hi Hup De Gf V B; yet cf. Che ψ ) 2. defamation Pr 10:18 ( c. הוציא ). 3. evil report , specif. a (true) report of evil doing Gn 37:2 ( P ) וַיָּבֵא אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה ; cf. also Pr 25:10 & Ez 36:3 וַתֵּֽעֲלוּ עַל־שְׂפֵת לָשֹׁון וְדִבַּת־עָ˜ם . unfavourable report of spies Nu 13:32 ; 14:36 , 37 (all P & all c. תֹוצִיא ; adj. רעה only 14:37 ).

• דִּבְיֹונִים n. [ m. ] so Qr ; = דב יונים dove’s dung (?) 2 K 6:25 f or Kt חרייונים ; Ö κόπρου περιστερῶν ( Klo gives conject. emend.)

דבל TWOT 397 ( ^Arabic) دَبَلَ ^{(dabala) collect, also} make into lumps, gobbets (Lane); Ethiopic & cogn. in deriv.

• דְּבֵלָה S 1690 TWOT 397a GK 1811 n.f. lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake ( NH דְּבֵילָה , Aramaic id. , ܕܒܶܠܬܳܐ ( dbelto ), = Greek παλάθη ; Arabic دُبْلَةٌ ( dublatun ) lump, large gobbet or mouthful ; cf. Assyrian dublu , foundation , & Heb. synon. אֲשִׁישָׁה Dl ^{HA 58}) — דְּבֵלָה 1 S 30:1 2; cstr. דְּבֶלֶת 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:2 1; pl. דְּבֵלִים 1 S 25:18 1 Ch 12:4 1;—used as food 1 S 25:18 ; 30:12 1 Ch 12:41 דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים , as application to boil, or eruption 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:2 1.

RS W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites. sf. suffix, or with suffix.

Hup H. Hupfeld. De Franz Delitzsch. VB Variorum Bible. Che T. K. Cheyne. P Priests Code or Narrative. Qr Q ^erê.

Klo A. Klostermann. conject. conjecture(s); also conjection. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Hebrew & Assyrian .