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title: דִּבָּה — whispering · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דִּבָּה (1681), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: whispering. BDB 1906: n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּבָּה

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«דִּבָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **whispering** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 1681 · **BDB:** דִּבָּה

### Glosses

\[the\].whispering (2); a.bad.report (2); (of).the.bad.report (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

whispering [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1681/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1681/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily)—abs. ד׳ Nu 14:36; Pr 10:18; cstr. דִּבַּת Je 20:10 + 4 times; sf. דִּבָּֽתְךָ Pr 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Gn 37:2;— whispering ψ 31:14; Je 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet cf. Che ψ) defamation Pr 10:18 (c. הוציא). 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 לָשׁוֹן וְדִבַּת־עָ֑ם. unfavourable report of spies Nu 13:32; 14:36, 37 (all P \& all c. תוֹצִיא; adj. רעה only 14:37).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּבָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1681/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.18/)

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מְכַסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].conceals hatred \[is\].lips of.falsehood and \[one.who\].spreads a.bad.report he \[is\].a.fool

*JPS 1917:* He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

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[Proverbs 25:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.10/)

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פֶּֽן־יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* lest he should.bring.you.shame \[one.who\].hears and your.bad report not it.will.turn.back

*JPS 1917:* Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.

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