II
.
מִדְבָּר
S
4057
TWOT
399k, 399l
GK
4497, 4498270
n.m.
wilderness
Dt 32:10
+;
c.
ה
loc.
מִדְבָּרָה
Jos 18:12
+
15 times;
cstr.
Ex 15:22
+;
מִדְבַּרָה
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.