דבר

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[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 278a

Hebrew

Root
ד־ב־ר (d-b-r)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Noun

דָּבָר • (davárm (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

Declension of דָּבָר
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite דָּבָר first דְּבָרִי דְּבָרֵנוּ
definite הַדָּבָר second דְּבָרְךָ דְּבָרֵךְ דְּבַרְכֶם דְּבַרְכֶן
construct דְּבַר־ third דְּבָרוֹ דְּבָרָהּ דְּבָרָם דְּבָרָן
plural indefinite דְּבָרִים first דבריי / דְּבָרַי דְּבָרֵינוּ
definite הַדְּבָרִים second דְּבָרֶיךָ דברייך / דְּבָרַיִךְ דִּבְרֵיכֶם דִּבְרֵיכֶן
construct דִּבְרֵי־ third דְּבָרָיו דְּבָרֶיהָ דִּבְרֵיהֶם דִּבְרֵיהֶן

Derived terms

Further reading

Noun

דַּבָּר • (dabárm (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 • (déverm (Biblical Hebrew pausal form דָּבֶר) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. plague, pestilence

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