the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Strong's #1679 - דֹּבֶא
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- strength?, rest? (meaning obscure)
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1071) bd (דב DB) AC: Rest CO: ? AB: ?: The pictograph d is a picture of the a tent door. The b is a representation of a tent. Combined these mean "the door of the tent". The door of the tent was the place of relaxation for the father. Here he would watch his family, livestock and the road for approaching visitors (see Genesis 18:1) . This root is related to the root db(a reversal of the letters) .
A) bd (דב DB) AC: ? CO: Slow AB: ?: Something that is slow and quiet.
Nf1) ebd (דבה DBH) - Slander: Speaking evil of another (usually done quietly) . KJV (9): slander, evil report, infamy - Strongs: H1681 (דִּבָּה)
B) bbd (דבב DBB) AC: Whisper CO: ? AB: ?: A quiet speech.
V) bbd (דבב DBB) - Whisper: A quiet speaking as when sleeping. [df: Ppu] KJV (5): (vf: Paal, Pilpel, Participle) speak, whisper - Strongs: H1680 (דָּבַב), H6850 (צָפַף)
C) bda (אדב ADB) AC: Grieve CO: ? AB: ?: A quiet state.
V) bda (אדב ADB) - Grieve: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) grieve - Strongs: H109 (אָדַב)
D) bad (דאב DAB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorrow: A quiet state.
V) bad (דאב DAB) - Mourn: KJV (3): (vf: Paal) sorrow, sorrowful, mourn - Strongs: H1669 (דָּאַב)
Nf1) ebad (דאבה DABH) - Sorrow: KJV (1): sorrow - Strongs: H1670 (דְּאָבָה)
jm) nfbad (דאבונ DABWN) - Sorrow: KJV (1): sorrow - Strongs: H1671 (דְּאָבוֹן)
E) abd (דבא DBA) AC: ? CO: Rest AB: ?
Nm ) abd (דבא DBA) - Rest: KJV (1): strength - Strongs: H1679 (דֹּבֶא)
J) bfd (דוב DWB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Sorrow
V) bfd (דוב DWB) - Sorrow: One who moves slowly. KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) sorrow - Strongs: H1727 (דּוּב)
Nm/f) bfd (דוב DWB) - B KJV (13): bear - Strongs: H1677 (דּוֹב), H1678 (דֹּב)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
דֹּבֶא m. languor, rest, poetically used of death. Once found Deuteronomy 33:25, כְּיָמֶיךָ דָּבְאֶךָ “as thy days (thy life) so thy death,” [“Ges. corr. ‘as thy days so shall thy rest be,’ as long as thy life endures, so long shall thy condition of rest continue, q. d. thy prosperity.”] Vulg. senectus tua; not amiss, as far as the etymology is concerned, but old age is not very well put in opposition to life. Another trace of this root is found in the pr.n. מֵידִבָא (“water of rest”).