debar

«debar» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Here only a part of a place name: Lo-debar, a town in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

Here only a part of a place name: Lo-debar, a town in Gilead east of the Jordan. The word "debar" means "to shut out". tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is part of the name Lo-debar, the town where Mephibosheth, Jonathan's son, was hiding. It is also the home of Machir, who helped David. Interpretation: David's kindness to Mephibosheth, Jonathan's lame son, is seen as keeping his promise to Jonathan. Some read the name as "no word", a place of no pasture or hope.

examples

• Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. (Prophets 2SA.9.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the king said unto him: 'Where is he?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.' (Prophets 2SA.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (Prophets 2SA.17.27, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «debar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.