דִּבָּה
Used: 9 times · Key: 1681 · BDB: דִּבָּה
Glosses
[the].whispering (2); a.bad.report (2); (of).the.bad.report (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
whispering tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily)—abs. ד׳ Nu 14:36; Pr 10:18; cstr. דִּבַּת Je 20:10 + 4 times; sf. דִּבָּֽתְךָ Pr 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Gn 37:2;— whispering ψ 31:14; Je 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet cf. Che ψ) defamation Pr 10:18 (c. הוציא). evil report, specif. a (true) report of evil doing Gn 37:2 (P) וַיָּבֵא אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה; cf. also Pr 25:10 & Ez 36:3 וַתֵּֽעֲלוּ עַל־שְׂפֵת לָשׁוֹן וְדִבַּת־עָ֑ם. unfavourable report of spies Nu 13:32; 14:36, 37 (all P & all c. תוֹצִיא; adj. רעה only 14:37).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «דִּבָּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מְכַסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃
Word for word: [one.who].conceals hatred [is].lips of.falsehood and [one.who].spreads a.bad.report he [is].a.fool
JPS 1917: He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
פֶּֽן־יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃
Word for word: lest he should.bring.you.shame [one.who].hears and your.bad report not it.will.turn.back
JPS 1917: Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.
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