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מַדְבַּר‏ n.m. desert

desert Com^-OfA^-BA. 11QtgJob 31.4=38:26 : מדבר די לא אנש בה‏ a desert wherein are no people. 4QEnGiants^b07.5 : וחלף לשהוין מדברא רבא֗‏ he changed to the desiccation of the great desert. TgJ Zep2:13 : אִשתְמָמוּ כְמַדבְרָא‏ desolation like the desert. PJ Gen14:6 : עד מישר פארן דיסמיך ליצטר מדברא‏ up to the plain of Paran that abuts the side of the desert.

high desert scrubland for pasturing JLAtg. TgO Ex3:1 : וְדַבַר/וֻדבַר// יָת עָנָא לַאְתַר שְפַר רִעיָא לְמַדבְרָא‏ he led the flock to the best place for pasturing, to the desert.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 291a; DJBA: 642a; Jastrow: 731; Levy Ch-W: 2:9; Tal Sam: 168; DNWSI: 595; Cook,Qumran: 133;

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