1690. debelah

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debelah: Cake of pressed figs

Original Word: דְּבֵלָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: dbelah
Pronunciation: deh-bay-LAH
Phonetic Spelling: (deb-ay-law')
KJV: cake (lump) of figs
NASB: cake, cakes of figs, fig cake, fig cakes
Word Origin: [from an unused root (akin to H2082 (זָבַל - dwell)) probably meaning to press together]

1. a cake of pressed figs

Strong's Exhaustive 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

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake
NASB Translation
cake (2), cakes of figs (1), fig cake (1), fig cakes (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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 Dl^{HA 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; 1 Samuel 30:12; 1 Chronicles 12:40; דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים, as application to boil, or eruption 2 Kings 20:7 = Isaiah 38:21.

Forms and Transliterations

דְּבֵלִ֑ים דְּבֵלִ֨ים דְּבֵלָ֜ה דְּבֶ֣לֶת דבלה דבלים דבלת וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וצמוקים də·ḇê·lāh də·ḇe·leṯ də·ḇê·lîm dəḇêlāh dəḇeleṯ dəḇêlîm deveLah deVelet deveLim vetzimmuKim wə·ṣim·mū·qîm wəṣimmūqîm

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 25:18
HEB: צִמֻּקִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם דְּבֵלִ֑ים וַתָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־
NAS: and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded
KJV: and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid
INT: clusters hundred cakes and loaded on

1 Samuel 30:12
HEB: לוֹ֩ פֶ֨לַח דְּבֵלָ֜ה וּשְׁנֵ֤י צִמֻּקִים֙
NAS: him a piece of fig cake and two
KJV: him a piece of a cake of figs, and two
INT: gave A piece of fig and two clusters

2 Kings 20:7
HEB: יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ
NAS: Take a cake of figs.
KJV: Take a lump of figs.
INT: Isaiah Take A cake of figs took

1 Chronicles 12:40
HEB: מַאֲכָ֡ל קֶ֠מַח דְּבֵלִ֨ים וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וְיַֽיִן־
NAS: cakes, fig cakes
KJV: meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins,
INT: of flour cakes fig cakes and bunches

1 Chronicles 12:40
HEB: קֶ֠מַח דְּבֵלִ֨ים וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וְיַֽיִן־ וְשֶׁ֛מֶן
NAS: fig cakes and bunches of raisins,
INT: cakes fig cakes and bunches wine

Isaiah 38:21
HEB: יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ
NAS: Let them take a cake of figs
KJV: Let them take a lump of figs,
INT: now Isaiah take A cake of figs and apply

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1690
6 Occurrences

də·ḇê·lāh — 1 Occ.
də·ḇe·leṯ — 2 Occ.
də·ḇê·lîm — 2 Occ.
wə·ṣim·mū·qîm — 1 Occ.