BDB1816
דָּבָר1439
noun masculine
speech, word — Gen 18:14 + 446 t.; construct דְּבַר
Gen 12:17 + 361
t.; suffix דְּבָרִי
Num 11:23 +
(suffixes 66 t.); singular in all 875 t.; plural דְּבָרִים
Exod 4:10 + 182 t.;
construct דִּבְרֵי
Gen 24:30 + 253
t.; suffix דְּבָרָיו
Gen 37:8 (suffixes
127 t.); plural in all 564 t.; —
I. singular speech, discourse, saying, word, as the sum of that which
is spoken:
1.
of men,
a.
נְבוֺן דָּבָר
discreet in speech
1Sam 16:18
שְׂפָתַיִם
׳
ד
speech of lips
Ps 59:13,
mere talk
Isa 36:5 (=
2Kgs 18:20
) Prov
14:23 (compare Ps 17:4 speech of God's lips); דָּבָר מָר
bitter speech
Ps 64:4
כָּזָב
׳
ד
lying speech
Prov 30:8
דְּבָֽרְךָ טוֺכ
thy saying is good
1Sam 9:10
וּדְבַר אַבְנֵר הָיָה עִם
and the speech of Abner had been with the elders of Israel 2Sam 3:17 (compare 1Kgs 1:7);
אמר הדבר הזה
say this saying
Jer 23:38;
Jer 31:23
compare Jer
13:12; Jer 14:17 (of God), 1Sam 8:10 (׳
דִּבְרֵי י).
b.
word of command, (הַ)מֶּלֶךְ
׳
ד
1Chr 21:4
; 1Chr 21:6
; Esth
1:12 + 6 t. Esther; Eccl 8:4 compare 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 31:5; Dan 9:23; Dan 9:25
מַלְכוּת
׳
ד
royal edict
Esth 1:19
כדבר עשׂה
do according to the command of
Gen 44:2;
Gen 47:30
; Exod 8:9
; Exod 8:27
; Exod
12:35;
Exod 32:28 (
J
) Lev
10:7 (
P
)
Judg 11:10; Ezra 10:5; Neh 5:12; Neh 5:13 compare 2Sam 17:6 (word of counsel), 1Kgs 3:12
(request),
1Kgs 17:13 (proposal; on these meanings see below)
c.
message, report, tidings, וַיִּשְׁמַע הָעָם
אֶתהַֿדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה
and the people heard this evil report
Exod 33:4
(
J
E
) compare 1Kgs 20:12
אמת (היה) הדבר
the report was true
1Kgs 10:6
= 2Chr
9:5
עַד בּוֺא
דָבָר מֵעִמָּכֶם
until word come from you
2Sam
15:28
ויגע הדבר אל מלך נינוה
Jonah 3:6
הֵשִׁיב דָּבָר
return or bring word, report
Gen 37:14
;
Num 13:26;
Num 22:8 (
J
)
Deut 1:22;
Deut 1:25;
Josh 14:7; Josh 22:32 (
D
)
1Kgs 2:30; 1Kgs 20:9; 2Kgs 22:9; 2Kgs 22:20 (= 2Chr 34:16; 2Chr
34:28), but answer
1Sam
17:30;
2Sam 3:11; 2Sam 24:13 (= 1Chr 21:12), 1Kgs 12:6
;
1Kgs 12:9 (= 2Chr 10:6; 2Chr 10:9), 2Chr 12:16; Neh 2:20; Prov
18:13; Prov 27:11; Isa 41:28; Ezek 9:11 (DrSm, p,
190 explains the phrase as
turn back with a word); compare דבר (לא) ענה
answer something or nothing
1Kgs
18:21; 2Kgs 18:36; Ps 119:42; Isa 36:21; Jer 44:20
see IV. 6; דברים השׁיב
return words
Exod 19:8
(
E
)
Prov 24:26 see
III. 1. d.
advice, counsel, בדבר בלעם
by advice of Balaam
Num 31:16 (
P
), compare
Judg
20:7;
2Sam 19:44;
Esth
5:5.
e.
request, אמתו
of his maid, עבדו
of his servant
2Sam 14:15
;
2Sam
14:22.
f.
promise, לא יחל דברו
he shall not break his word
Num 30:3
(
P
), compare הקים דבר
perform a promise
Neh 5:13
,
see also 2 b.
g.
charge, complaint, אם אמת היה הדבר הזה
if this charge be true
Deut
22:20 compare Deut 13:15; Deut 17:4, שׂים דבר בְּ
1Sam
22:15, שׂים
עלילות דברים לְ
Deut
22:14;
Deut 22:17.
h.
decision, sentence, דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט
the sentence of judgment
Deut
17:9
compare
Deut 17:10 Deut 17:11.
i.
theme, story, רָחַשׁ לִבִּי דָּבָר טוֺב my heart swells with
a
good theme
Ps
45:2
דְּבַרגְּבוּרוֺת
the story of his great might
Job
41:4.
2.
word of God, as a divine communication in the form of commandments, prophecy, and words
of
help
to his people, used 394 times. This word is communicated in several ways:
a.
אל
׳
ויהי דבר י
then the word of Yahweh came unto
1Sam
15:10
;
2Sam 7:4
(compare
אלהים
1Chr 17:3
),
1Kgs 6:11
;
1Kgs
13:20
;
1Kgs
16:1
;
1Kgs
17:2
;
1Kgs
17:8
;
1Kgs
21:17; 1Kgs 21:28; 2Chr 11:2 (compare האלהים
1Kgs
12:22
): compare
1Chr 22:8 (על by confusion), Isa 38:4; Jer 1:4 + 20 t. Jeremiah, Ezek 3:16
+ 41 t. Ezekiel;
Jonah 1:1
;
Jonah 3:1
;
Hag 2:20
;
Zech 4:8;
Zech 6:9;
Zech 7:4;
Zech 7:8;
Zech 8:1
(without
אל) Zech 8:18
אל
׳
י
׳
היה ד
Gen 15:1
;
2Chr 12:7
;
Jer 25:3
+
4
t. Jeremiah;
Ezek
1:3
+ 7 t. Ezekiel;
Dan 9:2;
Zech
1:1;
Zech
1:7
; Zech
7:1
אל
׳
י
׳
הנה ד
Gen 15:4
;
1Kgs 19:9
היה אל
׳
י
׳
ד
2Sam
24:11
;
1Kgs
16:7
;
1Kgs
18:1
;
2Kgs
20:4
;
Ezek
24:20
ביד
׳
י
׳
היה ד
Hag 1:1;
Hag 2:1;
Hag 2:10
ביד
׳
י
׳
ויהי ד
Hag 1:3
אשׁר
׳
י
׳
היה אל ד
Hos 1:1;
Joel 1:1
Micah;
Zeph 1:1
׳
י
׳
אליו אשׁר היה ד
1Kgs
18:31
; Jer 1:2
׳
אל יר
׳
י
׳
אשׁר היה ד
Jer 14:1
;
Jer 46:1
;
Jer 47:1
;
Jer
49:34
(see
אשׁר
6.a.); הדבר אשׁר היה אל
Jer 7:1
+
11 t. Jeremiah; ׳
י
׳
את ד
2Kgs
3:12
;
Jer 23:28; Jer 27:18 compare אֵלַי דָּבָר יְגֻנָּב
unto me a word was brought by stealth
Job
4:12
, compare ׳
וְטֶרֶם יִגָּלֶה אֵלָיו דְּבַר י
and the word of Yahweh was not yet revealed unto him
1Sam 3:7
.
Yahweh also sends his word שׁלח
Ps
107:20; Ps 147:18; Isa 9:7; Jer 42:5 (compare
plural
Zech
7:12) and makes it an
object of vision ראה
Jer
2:31
;
Jer 38:21 (compare plural Ezek 11:25), חזה
Isa 2:1
it
is also commanded צוה
Exod
16:16;
Exod 16:32; Exod 35:4; Lev 8:5; Lev 9:6
;
Lev 17:2;
Num 30:2
;
Num 36:6 (
P
)
Deut
4:2; Deut
13:1;
Deut 15:15;
Deut
4:10
(
D
) 1Chr
16:15 (= Ps 105:8) Neh 1:8; Jer
7:23, compare
הדברים אשׁר צוה
Exod
35:1
;
Lev
8:36 (
P
)
Exod 19:7 (
E
)
Deut
6:6.
b. Yahweh confirms his word of promise Deut 9:5; 1Sam
1:23
(where read
דְּבָרֵךְ
thy word according to
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
& Dr), 1Kgs 2:4; 1Kgs
6:12;
1Kgs
8:20
;
Jer 29:10; Jer 33:14, and his word of warning 1Kgs 12:15;
Dan
9:12
his word stands for ever Isa 40:8 it is settled for ever in heaven Ps 119:89 he
remembers
his holy word
דבר קדשׁו
Ps
105:42 (compare דִּבְרֵי קָדְשׁוֺ
Jer
23:9
); he himself Joel 2:11, the angels Ps 103:20, and forces of
nature
Ps
148:8
עשׂה דברו do his word of command; by his word the heavens were made Ps
33:6
it is near his
people, in their mouth and heart Deut 30:14 a lamp to their feet Ps 119:105
.
II.
saying, utterance, sentence,
as a section of a discourse: —
1.
of men,
a.
דָּבָר בְּעִתּוֺ
a word in due season
Prov
15:23
compare
Job 4:2
;
Prov
12:25 commonly in plural, דִּבְרֵי (הַ)שִּׁירָ(הׅ
words of the song (i.e. its lines of poetry) Deut 31:30
;
Deut 32:44; Ps 18:1 (=
2Sam 22:1)
Ps 137:3
הלל בדברי דויד
to sing praises with the words of David (his psalms)
2Chr 29:30
דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים
sentences of the wise
Prov 1:6; Prov 22:17
;
Eccl 9:17;
Eccl
12:11
these sayings are commonly written, compare דברי
האגרת
words of the letter
Esth 9:26
הדברים
עתיקים
the records are ancient
1Chr 4:22
דִּבְרֵי
(ה)סֵפֶר
Isa 29:11;
Isa 29:18;
Jer 29:1.
b.
title of writings:
דִּבְרֵי קֹהֶלֶת
Eccl 1:1,
אגור
׳
ד
Prov
30:1
, למואל
׳
ד
Prov
31:1
, ירמיהו
׳
ד
Jer 1:1, so
Amos 1:1;
Neh 1:1
compare in appended phrase or clause, Jer 51:64,
איוב
׳
ד
Job
31:40
.
c. in Chronicles name of a work:
החזים
׳
ד
2Chr 33:18
;
2Chr 33:19, שׁמעיה
׳
בד
2Chr 12:15
, יהוא
׳
בד
2Chr 20:34
, ׳
שׁמואל על ד
1Chr 29:29
נתן
׳
על ד
1Chr 29:29
;
2Chr
9:29, גד על
׳
ד
1Chr 29:29
. (It is not certain whether writings of prophets or histories about them are
referred to; in the
latter case they are acts, IV. 2, see
DrIntr 497.)
2.
of God:
עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים
the ten words (sentences in the tables) Exod 34:28
(
J
E
)
Deut 4:13
; Deut
10:4
, referred to as הדברים
Exod 34:1 (
J
E
)
Deut 4:10
; Deut
4:36
; Deut
5:19
; Deut
9:10
; Deut
10:2
of commands of covenant code Exod 24:3; Exod 24:4;
Exod 24:8 compare Exod 34:27 (
J
E
); of Deuteronomic code Deut 17:19 (+ 16 t.
D
)
2Kgs
22:11; 2Kgs 23:3-24 (compare 2Chr 34:19-31)
Jer 11:2-8; Jer 34:18 the law-book
of
Joshua
Josh 24:26
(
E
); of the code of Ezra Ezra 7:11; Ezra 9:4;
Neh 8:9;
Neh 8:13 the words of Yahweh written by Jeremiah Jer 25:13;
Jer 36:4-32; Jer 51:61
the words of the book of Daniel Dan 12:4; Dan 12:9
commands in general
1Sam 15:11; Ps 50:17; Ps 119:57; Ps 119:130
;
Ps 119:139 promises 2Sam 7:28; Neh 9:8, compare
1Chr 25:5; 2Chr 36:16.
III.
a word, words: —
1.
of men:
שָׂפָה אֶחָ֑ת
וּדְבָרִים אֲחָדִים
one lip, and one and the same words
Gen
11:1 (
J
); אֵין אֹמֶר וְאֵין דְּבָרִים
no speech and no words
Ps
19:4
אִישׁ דְּבָרִים
man of words, ready in speech, Exod 4:10
(
J
); רב דברים
multitude of words
Job
11:2; Prov
10:19
; Eccl
5:2
קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים
take with you words
Hos
14:3
דבר(י) (ה)שׁקר
lying word(s)
Exod 5:9;
Exod 23:7 (
E
) Prov
13:5; Prov 29:12;
Isa 59:13
;
Jer 7:4;
Jer 7:8
דִּבְרֵי רוּחַ
words of wind, vain words Job 16:3
וּמַהשֶּֿׁמֶץ דָּבָר נִשְׁמַעבּֿוֺ
and what a whisper of a word we hear of him!
Job 26:14.
2.
of God. It is difficult to determine how many of the following
should
come under
II.2. The plural for words of God is
relatively seldom: Gen
20:8; Exod
19:6;
Num 12:6; Josh
3:9 (
E
)
Exod 4:28
;
Exod 4:30;
Num
11:24 (
J
) Deut
18:19
;
Josh 23:14
(
D
)
1Sam 3:18
;
1Sam 8:10;
1Sam 15:1; 2Chr 11:4; Job 42:7;
Prov 30:6; Isa 31:2; Dan 10:11;
Amos 8:11; Mic
2:7 apart from Jer 3:12 + 30 t.
Jeremiah;
Ezek 2:7 +
4 t. Ezekiel;
Zech 1:6
+ 4 t. Zechariah.
IV.
matter, affair,
thing about which one speaks: —
1.
business, occupation:
דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ
king's business
1Sam 21:9
לְכָלדְּֿבַר
for every matter of
1Chr
26:32
;
1Chr 27:1
;
2Chr
19:11
דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכָלֿ
for all thine affairs
1Chr
28:21
דבר
המזבח
Num 18:7
דָּבָר אֵיןלָֿהֶם עִם
they had not dealings with
Judg 18:7; Judg
18:28
דְּבַריֿוֺם בְּיוֺמוֺ
the task or portion of a day in its day, daily duty or due
Exod 5:13; Exod
5:19 (
E
)
Exod 16:4
(
J
) Lev
23:37 (
P
)
1Kgs
8:59; 2Kgs 25:30;
1Chr 16:37; 2Chr 8:13 (ביום
)
2Chr 8:14;
2Chr 31:16
;
Ezra 3:4; Neh
11:23;
Neh 12:47;
Jer 52:34;
Dan
1:5
דבר שׁנה בשׁנה
1Kgs
10:25
;
2Chr 9:24
.
2. plural acts construct דִּבְרֵי
1Kgs 11:41
(twice in verse);
1Chr 29:29; 2Chr 12:15; 2Chr 16:11
דְּבָרָיו
his acts
2Chr 13:22;
2Chr 35:27
especially in phrases, הַיָּמִים וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי ֗֗֗ עַלסֵֿפֶר דִּבְרֵי
and the rest of the acts of . . . in the book of the chronicles
(daily record of
events) of
1Kgs 14:29 +
32 t. Kings; וְיֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי
2Chr 13:22 +
8 t. Chronicles, וְיֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו
2Chr 28:26,
שְׁאָר דִּבְרֵי
2Chr 9:29 are
referred to various sources; compare also במספר
דברי הימים
1Chr 27:24,
בדברי דויד
1Chr 23:27,
עלדֿברי מלכי ישׂראל
2Chr 33:18:
דברים טובים
good deeds
2Chr 12:12;
2Chr 19:13
דִּבְרֵי עֲוֺנֹת
acts of iniquity
Ps
65:4 (De
, Fälle von Missethaten); דִּבְרֵירָֿע
evil deeds
Jer
5:28. It is
used of God, only in כל דבריו
לא יענה
Job 33:13,
אֹתוֺתָיו
׳
ד
Ps 105:27,
נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ
׳
ד
Ps 145:5.
3.
matter, affair:
דבר אוריה
affair of Uriah
1Kgs 15:5
שׁרשׁ דבר
root of the matter
Job 19:28
מה היה הדבר
how went the matter ?
1Sam 4:16; 2Sam 1:4
compare
Ruth 3:18
סבב את פני הדבר
change the face of the matter
2Sam
14:20
דִּבְרֵי הָאֲתֹנוֺת
the matter of the asses
1Sam 10:2
זה דבר הרצח
this is the case of the slayer
Deut 19:4
לְכָלדְּֿבָרָיו
1Kgs 6:38
as to all its particulars.
4.
events, things: in the phrase, אחר הדברים האלה
after these things (events in time) Gen
15:1;
Gen 22:1; Gen 40:1
(
E
) Gen
39:7
(
J
)
1Kgs
17:17;
1Kgs 21:1;
Ezra 7:1;
Esth 2:1;
Esth 3:1
האלה אחרי הדברים
Gen 48:1; Josh
24:29 (
E
) Gen
22:20 (
J
)
2Chr
32:1.
5.
cause, case for judicial investigation: כִּייִֿהְיֶה
לָהֶם דָּבָר
if they have a case
Exod 18:16
compare
Exod
18:22;
Exod
22:8
בעל דברים
one having a case
Exod 24:14,
compare בדבר
משׁפט
2Chr 19:6
דְּבָרֶיךָ טוֺבִים וּנְכֹחִים
pleas, good and right
2Sam 15:3
compare Josh
20:4
.
6.
something, anything (indefinite): עשׂה דבר
do a thing
Gen 22:16 +
(frequent); עשׂה דברים
Isa 42:16
+ (less frequent); דבר
׳
היפלא מי
Gen 18:14
compare
Jer
32:17; Jer 32:27
לא ֗֗֗ דבר
nothing
1Kgs 5:7; 1Kgs
10:3
;
+ (frequent), אין דבר
Exod 5:11 (
E
) Num
20:19;
1Sam 20:21
׳
לא דבר מ
nothing of
Exod
9:4 (
J
)
Josh 8:35
;
Josh
11:15;
Josh 21:45; Josh 23:14 (
D
); כל דבר
anything
Num 31:23;
Deut 23:20
+; דבר רע
Ps 141:4 +;
טוב
׳
ד
1Kgs
14:13
+; דְּבַרמָֿה
whatsoever
Num 23:3 (
E
); עֶרְוַת דבר
Deut 23:15
naked-ness of a thing, i.e. unclean or unseemly thing
(indecency in camp); so of a wife
Deut 24:1.
7.
way, manner:
זֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה
this is the manner of the release
Deut 15:2
(compare
SI1
); כֵּן דְּבַר
הַמֶּלֶךְ
so was the way of the king
Esth 1:13
הזה כדבר
after this manner, thus
Gen 18:25;
Gen 32:20;
Gen 44:7 (
J
E
)
2Sam
15:6;
Ezra 10:5; Neh 5:12; Neh 5:13
with (עשׂה), 1Sam 9:21;
2Sam 14:3; 2Sam
17:6
(דבר
),
1Sam
17:27;
1Sam 17:30; Isa 8:20 (אמר
), Neh
6:4;
Neh 6:5
(
שׁלח),
Neh 6:4 (השׁיב)
compare
1Sam
17:30;
2Kgs 7:19 (היה) (peculiar to
D
, כדבר הרע הזה
such a wicked deed as this
Deut 13:12;
Deut 19:20,
כדבר הגדול הזה
Deut 4:32);
כדברים האלה עשׂה
thus and thus did he
Gen 39:19 (
J
)
1Sam 2:23
(but usually the plural = these words).
8.
reason, cause:
זֶּה דְבַרהַֿמַּס
1Kgs 9:15
זה הדבר
אשׁר
this is the reason why
Josh
5:4 (
D
)
1Kgs
11:27 so 1Sam 17:29
AV
RV
, was it not but a word ?
Th
Ke
RVm
VB
Dr; עַל דְּבַר ֗֗֗
because of, for the sake of
Gen 20:11;
Gen 20:18 (
E
) Gen
12:17;
Gen 43:18;
Exod
8:8 (
J
) Num
17:14 (
P
) Ps
45:5
; Ps
79:9
, עַל דִּבְרֵי
Jer 14:1
עַלדִּֿבְרֵיכֶם
for your sakes
Deut 4:21,
עַל דְּבַר אשׁר
Deut 22:24
(twice in verse);
Deut 23:5; 2Sam 13:22.