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title: דְּבֵלָה — lump · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּבֵלָה (1690), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: lump. BDB 1906: n.f. lump pressed (fig-) cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּבֵלָה

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«דְּבֵלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lump** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1690 · **BDB:** דְּבֵלָה

### Glosses

a.cake (2); fig.cakes (2); of.fig.cake (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lump [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1690/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lump pressed (fig-) cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1690/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (NH דְּבֵילָה, Aramaic id., ܕܒܶܠܬܳܐ, = Greek παλάθη; Arabic دُبْلَةٌ lump, large gobbet or mouthful; cf. Assyrian dublu, foundation, \& Heb. synon. אֲשִׁישָׁה Dl HA 58)—דְּבֵלָה 1 S 30:12; cstr. דְּבֶלֶת 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21; pl. דְּבֵלִים 1 S 25:18 1 Ch 12:41;—used as food 1 S 25:18; 30:12; 1 Ch 12:41 דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים, as application to boil, or eruption 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּבֵלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1690/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.21/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Isaiah let.them.take a.cake of.figs and let.them.rub.\[it\] on the boil so that.he.may.live

*JPS 1917:* And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

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[2 Kings 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.7/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וַיֶּֽחִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Isaiah take a.cake of.figs and people.took.\[it\] and they.put.\[it\] on the boil and he.lived

*JPS 1917:* And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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