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title: דְּבִר — Debir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּבִר (1688), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Debir. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּבִר

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«דְּבִר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Debir** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 1688 · **BDB:** דְּבִיר²

### Glosses

of.Debir (5); Debir (4); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Debir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1688/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1688/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Eglon Jos 10:3. n.pr.loc. דְּבִ֫רָה c. ָהloc., N. border Judah Jos 15:7 (westward Hup ψ 28:2). לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Jos 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2 S 9:4 vid. לֹא דְבָר Di MV. דְּבִיר Ju 1:11(×2) 1 Ch 6:43, דְּבִרָה Jos 10:38, 39, elsewhere דְּבִר Jos 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Jos 15:15 Ju 1:11, קִרְיַת סַנָּה Jos 15:49; on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Jos 11:21; 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Jos 21:15 as a city of refuge 1 Ch 6:43; mod. Dhoherîye, 5 hours SW. from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conject. in Di Jos 10:39 RiHWB 265.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּבִר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1688/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.13/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ דְּבִר֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ גֶּ֖דֶר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Debir one the.king of.Geder one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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[Joshua 15:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.49/)

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וְדַנָּ֥ה וְקִרְיַת־סַנָּ֖הקִרְיַת־סַנָּ֖ה הִ֥יא דְבִֽר׃

*Word for word:* and Dannah and Kiriath Sannah that \[is\].Debir

*JPS 1917:* and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah — the same is Debir;

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