דִּבְרָה
dibrâh · H1700 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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case, cause
An action or suit at law, as well as the evidence offered to support its claims
ExamplesJob 5:8 “But as for me, I would seek God, And I would make my plea before God,
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manner, pattern
Exact meaning unsure; possibly: a certain role or pattern of behavior
ExamplesPsalm 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”
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the cause of, with regard to, because of, in order that
Particle linking two propositions, denoting a causal relation between the two
ExamplesEcclesiastes 3:18 I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, “God is testing them in order for them to see that they are as animals, they to themselves.”
Ecclesiastes 7:14 On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him.
Ecclesiastes 8:2 I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- בֵּןson 1
- שְׁבוּעָהoath 1
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מָצָאto find 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 6
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Conflict002003002006
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with a related sense of contention or plea attested for this word elsewhere rather than an independent feature of the specific citations reviewed here.
- Description002001
- דִּבְרָה denotes a matter, cause, or manner of something in a general descriptive sense, as at Ecclesiastes 7:14 — "consider: God has made the one as well as the other" — and Ecclesiastes 3:18 — "I said to myself regarding the sons of mankind, 'God is testing them...'", both using the term to introduce a general observation or reason.
- Perception002004
- This code is inherited from the shared listing with a related nuance of purpose or reasoning attested for this word elsewhere rather than an independent feature of the specific citations reviewed here.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1700. dibrah [דִּבְרָה] noun feminine cause, reason, manner — construct דִּבִרַת עַל…
[דִּבְרָה] noun feminine cause, reason, manner — construct דִּבִרַת עַל because of, for the sake of Ecc 3:18; Ecc 7:14; Ecc 8:2; מַלְכִּיצֶֿדֶק עַלדִּֿבְרָתִי after the order, or manner, of Melchizedek Psa 110:4 (י ancient Genitive ending, to soften transition in poetry, Ges§ 90 (3) a); suffix דִּבְרָתִי my cause, suit Job 5:8.
[דִּבְרָה] noun feminine cause, reason (Biblical Hebrew id., √ דבר, compare דבר על Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap. B 5.6.8.16); — construct in adverb phrase דִּי עַלדִּֿבְרַת Dan 2:30 for the cause (to the intent) that, Dan 4:14 (read עַל for עַד K§ ll, 2 Bev).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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