H1688H
דְּבִיר
Debir
A man living before Israel's Monarchy, only mentioned at Jos.10.3 § Lo-debar = "not a pasture" a town in Manasseh in Gilead east of the Jordan
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
II. דְּבִיר
1. proper name, masculine king of Eglon Josh 10:3.
2. proper name, of a location a. דְּבִ֫רָה with ָ ה locative, northern border Judah Josh 15:7 (westward Hup Ps 28:2).
b. לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Josh 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2Sam 9:4 see לֹא דְבָר Di MV.
c. דְּבִיר Judg 1:11 (twice in verse); 1Chr 6:43, דְּבִרָה Josh 10:38; Josh 10:39, elsewhere דְּבִר Josh 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Josh 15:15; Judg 1:11, קִרְיַת סַנָּה Josh 15:49 on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Josh 11:21; Josh 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Josh 21:15 as a city of refuge 1Chr 6:43 modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conjectures in Di Josh 10:39 RiHWB 265.
b. לִדְבִר town of the Gadites Josh 13:26, perhaps Lôdebâr 2Sam 9:4 see לֹא דְבָר Di MV.
c. דְּבִיר Judg 1:11 (twice in verse); 1Chr 6:43, דְּבִרָה Josh 10:38; Josh 10:39, elsewhere דְּבִר Josh 15:15 +, a royal city of Canaanites anciently called קִרְיַת סֵפֶר Josh 15:15; Judg 1:11, קִרְיַת סַנָּה Josh 15:49 on the mountains of Judah, in region of Hebron Josh 11:21; Josh 15:49, assigned to the Aaronite priests Josh 21:15 as a city of refuge 1Chr 6:43 modern Dhoherîye, 5 hours southwest from Hebron, according to Kn, so Surveyiii. 402; other conjectures in Di Josh 10:39 RiHWB 265.
לִדְבִר proper name, of a location only in ׳גְּדוּל ל Josh 13:26 east of Jordan, in tribe of Gad; ᵐ5B Δαιβων, A Δαβειρ, ᵐ5L Δεβηρ; perhaps= לֹא דְבָר q. v., and compare II. דְּבִיר 2 b.
לֵדָה see ילד, Infinitive construct
לֹה see לֹא.
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