דִּבָּה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1681
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
whispering tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
דִּבָּה: n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily)—abs. ד׳ Nu 14:36; Pr 10:18; cstr. דִּבַּת Je 20:10 + 4 times; sf. דִּבָּֽתְךָ Pr 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Gn 37:2;— whispering ψ 31:14; Je 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet cf. Che ψ) defamation Pr 10:18 (c. הוציא). evil report, specif. a (true) report of evil doing Gn 37:2 (P) וַיָּבֵא אֶת־דִּבָּתָם רָעָה; cf. also Pr 25:10 & Ez 36:3 וַתֵּֽעֲלוּ עַל־שְׂפֵת לָשׁוֹן וְדִבַּת־עָ֑ם. unfavourable report of spies Nu 13:32; 14:36, 37 (all P & all c. תוֹצִיא; adj. רעה only 14:37).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [the] whispering (2); a bad report (2); (of) the bad report (1).
In the verses
מְכַסֶּ֣ה שִׂ֭נְאָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וּמוֹצִ֥א דִ֝בָּ֗ה ה֣וּא כְסִֽיל׃
Word for word: [one.who].conceals hatred [is].lips of.falsehood and [one.who].spreads a.bad.report he [is].a.fool
JPS 1917: He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
פֶּֽן־יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃
Word for word: lest he should.bring.you.shame [one.who].hears and your.bad report not it.will.turn.back
JPS 1917: Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.
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