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דָּבֵק
S
1695
TWOT
398
GK
1816
adj.
clinging, cleaving
(to),
דּ׳
abs.
וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָח
Pr 18:2
4;
דְּבֵקָה לְ
2 Ch 3:12
(of cherub’s wing); of cleaving to
הַדְּבֵקִים בְּ י׳
Dt 4:
4.
• דֶּ˜בֶק S 1694 TWOT 398a GK 1817 n.m. Is 41:7 joining, soldering, appendage — 1. דּ׳ joining, soldering Is 41: 7. 2. pl. הַדְּבָקִים appendages of breastplate (?) 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:33 בֵּין הַדּ׳ ובין הַשִּׁרְיָן . ( The Be al. cf. V B: the jointed attachment or appendage to the rigid breat-armour, which covered the abdomen; > Klo proposes appendage of helmet; Thes suggests armpits, lit. joints ( cf. מַדְבְּקֵי יָד Je 38:12 å ); Ew the soft muscles etc. connecting the chest with the bottom of the back.)
דָּבַר S 1696 TWOT 399 GK 1818, 1819, 1820 ] 1142 vb. speak ( original meaning dub. ; range in order Thes is conjectural and not comprehensive enough; treiben MV does not explain Arabic or Heb. usage, but only Aramaic A meaning go away , sustained by Arabic دَبَرَ بِﻩِ ( dabara bihi ) go away with it , would best explain the four branches of usage:—(1) Arabic دَبَرَ ( dabara ) depart, perish , IV. retreat , fig. retrograde, decline; دَبْرٌ ( dabrun ) passing away, death; Assyrian dabâru , Pi. drive away , Bez Orient. Diplom. Vocab. Dibbara , pest-god, Hpt in KAT 2500, דֶּבֶר pestilence . (2) Arabic دَبَرَ ( dabara ) follow behind , in time, place, or station; دَبْرٌ ( dabrun ) part behind , دُبُرٌ ( duburun ) back , דְּבִיר hindmost chamber of temple . (3) Syriac
ܕܒܰܪ ( dbar ) lead, guide , cattle, sheep, government, take a wife, = Aramaic דְּבר ; Syriac ܕܳܒܽܘܪܳܐ ( doburo ), Aramaic דַּבָּר leader; Syriac ܕܽܘܒܳܪܳܐ ( duboro ), Aramaic דַּבָּרָא guidance; Syriac ܕܰܒܪܳܐ ( dabro ) Aramaic דַּבְרָא , Heb. דֹּבֶר ; Syriac ܡܰܕܒܰܪ ( madbar ), Aramaic מַדְבְּרָא , Heb. מִדְבָּר pasture, wilderness; Arabic دِبْرٌ ( dibrun ), Syriac ܕܶܒܽܘܪܺܝܬܳܐ ( deburito ), Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָּא , Heb.
דְּבֹורָה
swarm of bees
, may be in this line, as led by their queen, so
Thes
(4)
The O. Thenius. Be E. Bertheau. al. et aliter , and elsewhere; also et alii , and others. Ew H. Ewals.
MV Gesenius, Handwörterbuch über das A. T. , edd. F. Mühlau & W. Volck. A Alexandrine MS . of Setpuagint.
Bez C. Bezold. Hpt Sacred Books of the O.T., ed. Hpt (Polychrome Bible). KAT E. Schrader, Keilinschr. u. d. Alte Testament.
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