Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1690 - דְּבֵלָה debelah (a lump (of pressed figs))

Original Word:	דְּבֵלָה
Transliteration:	debelah
Definition:	a lump (of pressed figs), a pressed (fig) cake
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(deb-ay-law')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cake lump of figs

From an unused root (akin to zabal) probably meaning to press together; a cake of pressed figs -- cake (lump) of figs.

see HEBREW zabal

Englishman's Concordance

1) fig cake, lump of pressed figs
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root (akin to H2082)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 397a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דְּבֵלָהnoun femininelump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (Late Hebrew דְּבֵילָה, Aram id.,

,=Greek παλάθη; Arabic

lump, large gobbet or mouthful; compare Assyrian dublu, foundation, & Hebrew synonym אֲשִׁישָׁה Dl^{HA 58}) — דְּבֵלָה1 Samuel 30:12; construct דְּבֶלֶת2 Kings 20:7=Isaiah 38:21; plural דְּבֵלִים1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Chronicles 12:40; — used as food 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 30:12; 1 Chronicles 12:40; דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים, as application to boil, or eruption 2 Kings 20:7=Isaiah 38:21.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1690. דְּבֵלִים (debelah) — 6 Occurrences

1 Samuel 25:18
HEB:צִמֻּקִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם דְּבֵלִ֑ים וַתָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־
NAS: and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded
KJV: and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid
INT: clusters hundred cakes and loaded on

1 Samuel 30:12
HEB:לוֹ֩ פֶ֨לַח דְּבֵלָ֜ה וּשְׁנֵ֤י צִמֻּקִים֙
NAS: him a piece of fig cake and two
KJV: him a piece of a cake of figs, and two
INT: gave A piece of fig and two clusters

2 Kings 20:7
HEB:יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ קְח֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וַיִּקְח֛וּ
NAS: Take a cake of figs.
KJV: Take a lump of figs.
INT: Isaiah Take A cake of figs took

1 Chronicles 12:40
HEB:מַאֲכָ֡ל קֶ֠מַח דְּבֵלִ֨ים וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וְיַֽיִן־
NAS: cakes, fig cakes
KJV: meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins,
INT: of flour cakes fig cakes and bunches

1 Chronicles 12:40
HEB:קֶ֠מַח דְּבֵלִ֨ים וְצִמּוּקִ֧ים וְיַֽיִן־ וְשֶׁ֛מֶן
NAS: fig cakes and bunches of raisins,
INT: cakes fig cakes and bunches wine

Isaiah 38:21
HEB:יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ
NAS: Let them take a cake of figs
KJV: Let them take a lump of figs,
INT: now Isaiah take A cake of figs and apply

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