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דבר

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Aramaic

Verb

דְּבַר (transliteration needed)

  1. to take, seize
    • Targum Onkelos, Genesis, 19:15
      וּכְמִסַּק צַפְרָא הֲוָה וּדְחִיקוּ מַלְאָכַיָּא בְּלוֹט לְמֵימָר קוּם דְּבַר יָת אִתְּתָךְ וְיָת תַּרְתֵּין בְּנָתָךְ דְּאִשְׁתְּכַחַן מְהֵימְנָן עִמָּךְ דִּילְמָא תִלְקֵי בְּחוֹבֵי קַרְתָּא:
      At the break of dawn, the angels urged Lot on, saying, Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here [who are found to be faithful to you], lest you be swept away in the iniquity of the city.

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 278a
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Hebrew

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Pronunciation

Noun

דָּבָר (davár) m (plural indefinite דְּבָרִים, singular construct דְּבַר־, plural construct דִּבְרֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. thing
  2. (archaic) speech
  3. (archaic) word (unit of language)
    Synonym: מילה (milā)

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading

Noun

דַּבָּר (dabár) m (plural indefinite דַּבָּרִים, singular construct דַּבַּר־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. leader

Verb

דִּבֵּר (dibér) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of דיבר

Verb

דַּבֵּר (dabér)

  1. Masculine singular imperative of דיבר / דִּבֵּר (dibér)

Verb

דֻּבַּר (dubár) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of דובר

Noun

דֶּבֶר (déver) m (Biblical Hebrew pausal form דָּבֶר) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. plague, pestilence

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