דְּבֵלָה

«דְּבֵלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: lump — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 1690 · BDB: דְּבֵלָה

Glosses

a.cake (2); fig.cakes (2); of.fig.cake (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

lump tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lump pressed (fig-) cake tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (NH דְּבֵילָה, Aramaic id., ܕܒܶܠܬܳܐ, = Greek παλάθη; Arabic دُبْلَةٌ lump, large gobbet or mouthful; cf. Assyrian dublu, foundation, & Heb. synon. אֲשִׁישָׁה Dl HA 58)—דְּבֵלָה 1 S 30:12; cstr. דְּבֶלֶת 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21; pl. דְּבֵלִים 1 S 25:18 1 Ch 12:41;—used as food 1 S 25:18; 30:12; 1 Ch 12:41 דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים, as application to boil, or eruption 2 K 20:7 = Is 38:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Isaiah 38:21

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי׃

Word for word: and he.said Isaiah let.them.take a.cake of.figs and let.them.rub.[it] on the boil so that.he.may.live

JPS 1917: And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

2 Kings 20:7

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וַיֶּֽחִי׃

Word for word: and he.said Isaiah take a.cake of.figs and people.took.[it] and they.put.[it] on the boil and he.lived

JPS 1917: And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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