מִדְבָּר

H4057. midbar
I. [מִדְבָּר] noun masculine mouth, as organ of speech, — נָאוֶה מִדְבָּרֵךְ thy mouth is lovely Son 4:3 || ᵐ5 שִׁפְתוֺתַיִךְ, λαλιά, Jerome eloquium.
II. מִדְבָּר270 noun masculine wilderness — Deu 32:10 +; with ה locative מִדְבָּ֫רָה Jos 18:12 Jos 18:15t.; construct Exo 15:22 +; מִדְבַּ֫רָה 1Ki 19:15; suffix מִדְבָּרָהּ Isa 51:3; —
1 tracts of land, used for the pasturage of flocks and herds, מִדְבָּר נְאוֺת דָּֽשְׁאוּ the pastures of the wilderness put forth green grass Joe 2:22; נ ׳יִרְעֲפוּ ׳מ the pastures of the wilderness drop (fertility) Psa 65:13; נ ׳יָָֽבְשׁוּ ׳מ are dried up Jer 23:10, compare Jer 9:9; Joe 1:19-20,.
2 uninhabited land, בּוֺ לֹאאָֿדָם מִדְבָּר wilderness in which is no man Job 38:26; the abode of pelicans Psa 102:7; wild asses Job 24:5; Jer 2:24; jackals Mal 1:3; ostriches Lam 4:3; אֶתעַֿמִּי וְֶאעֶזְבָה אֹרְחִים מְלוֺן בַמִּדְבָּר מִייִֿתְּנֵנִי O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfarers, that I might leave my people Jer 9:1; מִדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ שֶׁבֶת טוֺב better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious woman Pro 21:19; יְשִׁמֹן יְלֵל וּבְתֹהוּ מִדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness Deu 32:10.
3 large tracts of such land bearing various names, in certain districts of which there might be towns and cities: קֵדָר תֵּשֵׁב חֲצֵרִים וְעָרָיו מִדְבָּר יִשְׂאוּ let the wilderness and its cities lift up (their voice), the villages that Kedar doth inhabit Isa 42:11. There were six cities in the wilderness of Judah Jos 15:61-62, הַמִּדְבָּר usually = wilderness of the wanderings Gen 14:6; Num 14:16, Num 14:29, Num 14:32, Num 14:33 (twice in verse) +, or the great Arabian desert Jdg 11:22 +; but may also refer to any other Son 3:6; Son 8:5. Special tracts — (a) of the wilderness of the wandering were ׳מ שׁוּר Exo 15:22, סיןExo 16:1 +, סיני Exo 19:1 +, פארן Num 13:26 +, צן Num 20:1 +, קדשׁ Psa 29:8, אתם Num 33:8; (b) in West Palestine ׳מ יהודה Jdg 1:16; Psa 63:1 compare Jos 15:61, מעוֺן 1Sa 23:24-25, זיף 1Sa 23:15; 1Sa 26:2, שׁבע באר Gen 21:14, גדי עין 1Sa 24:2, תקוע2Ch 20:20, ירואל2Ch 20:16, גבעון 2Sa 2:24; (c) in Eastern Palestine מואב Deu 2:8, אדום 2Ki 3:8, קדמות Deu 2:26.
4 figurative צִיָּה כְּאֶרֶץ וְשַׁתִּהָ כַמִּדְבָּר וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ and (lest I) make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land Hos 2:5; לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הָיִיתִי הֲמִדְבָּר have I been a wilderness to Israel ? Jer 2:31.
דבשׁ (√ of following; compare Arabic IX. become black or brown, of a colour between black and red; see derivatives; so Fl see below; yet verb in this meaning perhaps denominative from i.e. having the colour of dibs).