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title: דְּרוֹר — swallow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּרוֹר (1866), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: swallow. BDB 1906: n.f. swallow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּרוֹר

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«דְּרוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swallow** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1866 · **BDB:** דְּרוֹר²

### Glosses

a.swallow (1); swallow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1866/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. swallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1866/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ψ 84:4 swallow ψ 84:4 (‖ צִפּוֹר), Che (q.v.) makes simile of quiet, peace, security, and supplies ellipsis; in simile, Pr 26:2 כַּצִּפּוֹר לָנוּד כַּדְּרוֹר לָעוּף (of groundless curse, which does not alight, i.e. is not fulfilled).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּרוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1866/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 26:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.2/)

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כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭נוּד כַּדְּר֣וֹר לָע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם ל֣וֹ תָבֹֽא׃

*Word for word:* like (the) bird for fluttering like (the) swallow for flying so a.curse without.cause to him it.will.come

*JPS 1917:* As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.

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[Psalms 84:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.84.4/)

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גַּם־צִפּ֨וֹר ׀ מָ֪צְאָה בַ֡יִת וּדְר֤וֹר ׀ קֵ֥ן לָהּ֮ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֪תָה אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָ אֶֽת־מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מַ֝לְכִּ֗י וֵאלֹהָֽי׃

*Word for word:* also a.bird it.has.found a.home and a.swallow a.nest for itself which it.has.put ones its.young with altars your O.Yahweh of.hosts king my and God my

*JPS 1917:* Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God — .

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