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II . מִדְבָּר S 4057 TWOT 399k, 399l GK 4497, 4498270 n.m. wilderness Dt 32:10 +;
c. ה loc. מִדְבָּ˜רָה Jos 18:12 + 15 times; cstr. Ex 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ˜רָה 1 K 19:15 ; sf. מִדְבָּרָהּ Is 51: 3;— 1. tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds, דָּֽשְׁאוּ נְאֹות מִדְבָּר the pastures of the wilderness put forth green grass Jo 2:2 2; יִרְעֲפוּ נ׳ מ׳ the pastures of the wilderness drop (fertility) ψ 65:13 ; יָֽבְשׁוּ נ׳ מ׳ are dried up Je 23:1 0, cf. Je 9:9 Jo 1:1 9, 20 .
2. uninhabited land , מִדְבָּר לֹא־אָדָם בֹּו wilderness in which is no man Jb 38:26 ; the abode of pelicans ψ 102:7 ; wild asses Jb 24:5 Je 2:2 4; jackals Mal 1:3 ; ostriches Lam 4:3 ; אֹרְחִים וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה אֶת־עַמִּי מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר מְלֹון O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfarers, that I might leave my people Je 9: 1; טֹוב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר better to dwell in a desert land , than with a contentious woman Pr 21:19 ; בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר וּבְתֹהוּ יְלֵל יְשִׁמֹן in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness Dt 32:1 0. 3. large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities: מִדְבָּר וְעָרָיו חֲצֵרִים תֵּשֵׁב קֵדָר יִשְׂאוּ let the wilderness and its cities lift up (their voice), the villages that Kedar doth inhabit Is 42:1 1. There were six cities in the wilderness of Judah Jos 15:61 , 62 ; הַמִּדְבָּר usually = wilderness of the wanderings Gn 14:6 Nu 14:1 6, 29 , 32 , 33 (×2) +, or the great Arabian desert Ju 11:22 +; but may also refer to any other Ct 3:6 ; 8:5 . Special tracts—(a) of the wilderness of the wanderings were מ׳ שׁוּר Ex 15:2 2, סין Ex 16:1 +, סיני Ex 19:1 +, פארן Nu 13:26 +, צן Nu 20:1 +, קדשׁ ψ 29:8 , אתם Nu 33: 8; (b) in W. Pal. מ׳ יהודה Ju 1:16 ψ 63:1 cf. Jos 15:6 1, מָעֹון 1 S 23:2 4, 25 , זיף 1 S 23:1 5; 26:2 , באר שׁבע Gn 21:1 4, עין גדי 1 S 24: 2, תקוע 2 Ch 20:2 0, ירואל 2 Ch 20:16 , גבעון 2 S 2:2 4; (c) in East. Palestine מואב Dt 2: 8, אדום 2 K 3: 8, קדמות Dt 2:26 . 4. fig. צִיָּה וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ כַמִּדְבָּר וְשַׁתִּהָ כְּאֶרֶץ and (lest I) make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land Ho 2: 5; הֲמִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל have I been a wilderness to Israel ? Je 2:31 .

דבשׁ TWOT 400 ( of foll.; cf. Arabic ادبسّ (˒dbss) IX. become black or brown , of a colour between black and red; vid. deriv.; so Fl v. infr .; yet vb. in this meaning perhaps denom. from دِبْسُ ( dibsu ) i.e. having the colour of dibs ) .

Pal. Palmyrene or Palestine, Palestinian, etc. Fl H.L. Fleischer.


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