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title: דְּבִיר — Debir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דְּבִיר (lemma:דְּבִיר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Debir. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּבִיר

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«דְּבִיר» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:דְּבִיר · **BDB:** דְּבִיר²

### Glosses

Debir (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Debir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b4_5d9_5e8/#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: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּבִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.10.3/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אֲדֹנִי־צֶ֜דֶקאֲדֹנִי־צֶ֜דֶק מֶ֣לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אֶל־הוֹהָ֣ם מֶֽלֶךְ־חֶ֠בְרוֹן וְאֶל־פִּרְאָ֨ם מֶֽלֶךְ־יַרְמ֜וּת וְאֶל־יָפִ֧יעַ מֶֽלֶךְ־לָכִ֛ישׁ וְאֶל־דְּבִ֥יר מֶֽלֶךְ־עֶגְל֖וֹן לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Adoni-Zedek Adoni-Zedek the.king of.Jerusalem to Hoham the.king of.Hebron and to Piram the.king of.Jarmuth and to Japhia the.king of.Lachish and to Debir the.king of.Eglon (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying:

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