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dbr, dbrˀ (dḇar, daḇrā) n.m. high pasture, desert
1
high pasture, field
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, Man
TgJ Hos7:1↗ בִדבָרָא בִימָמָא קָפְחִין‏ : they rob in the countryside during the day ; TN Deut4:43↗ דברה בבותנין‏ : the high pasture in GN ; P Gn1:30↗ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܕܒܪܐ‏ ; P Job5:23↗ ܟܐ̈ܦܐ ܕܕܒܪܐ‏ ; BT Pes 114a(9)↗ דאכיל בקקולי דברא אקיקולי מתא יתיב‏ : one who eats of the sea rocket of the field will sit on the garbage dumps of the town
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countryside
JBAmb, JBA
JBABowl 38.1:3↗ דקימא בדברה וקימא במתא‏ ; JBABowl 115.1:6↗ text not cited ; BT Šab 35b(12)↗ text not cited
2
desert
OfAEast, Syr, JBAmb
EphNis 11:21.3↗ ܒܫܥܝܐ ܚܒܪܗ ܕܗ݀ܘ ܕܗܘ݂ܐ ܒܕܒܪܐ ܩܕܡ ܥܓܠܐ‏ : with a story akin to that which happened in the desert with the calf ; JS_Elijah 1:383↗ ܒܡܸܨܪܸܝܢ ܡܲܟܪܵܗ݀ ܘܲܒܓܲܘ ܕܲܒܪܵܐ ܥܒܲܕ ܡܸܫܬܘܽܬܵܗ݀‏ : He betrothed her in Egypt and made her wedding banquet in the desert
3
ܕܕܒܪܐ (=dbry adj.!) : wild
Syr
BHCandBak 405:2 ܡܢܗܝܢ ܡ݁ܢ ܕܚ̈ܝܘܬܐ ܒܐܡܝܢܘ ܕܫܝ݂݁ܢܐ ܐܢܝܢ ܐܟܙܢܐ ܕܒܪܢܫܐ܂ ܡܢܗܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܒܐܡܝܢܘ ܕܕܒܪܐ ܐܟܙܢܐ ܕܢܡܪܐ‏ : some animals are always tame, like the human, some are always wild, like the panther
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For the original connotation of "high" pasture see Ge'ez däbrä, "mountain". Cognate, of course, to mdbr n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 272[140]DJPA: n.a.DJBA: 313bDrower/Macuch: 106b, 101bJ. Payne-Smith: 83Levy Ch-W: 1:161

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