Lexical Summary debelah: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake Original Word: דְּבֵלָהTransliteration: debelah Phonetic Spelling: (deb-ay-law') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake Meaning: a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake Strong's Concordance cake lump of figs From an unused root (akin to zabal) probably meaning to press together; a cake of pressed figs -- cake (lump) of figs. see HEBREW zabal Brown-Driver-Briggs H1690. debelah דְּבֵלָה noun feminine lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (Late Hebrew דְּבֵילָה, Aram id., , = Greek παλάθη; Arabic lump, large gobbet or mouthful; compare Assyrian dublu, foundation, & Hebrew synonym אֲשִׁישָׁה DlHA 58) — דְּבֵלָה 1 Samuel 30:12; construct דְּבֶלֶת 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21; plural דְּבֵלִים 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:40; — used as food 1 Samuel 25:18; 30:12; 1 Chronicles 12:40; תְּאֵנִים דְּבֶלֶת, as application to boil, or eruption 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21. |
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