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mdbr, mdbrˀ (maḏbar, maḏbrā) n.m. desert
√ dbr vb.
1
desert
Common (except: OfA, BA)
AssOstr.5↗ bmdbrˀ ˀḥzn hm[w : we caught them in the desert ; 11QtgJob 31.4=38:26↗ מדבר די לא אנש בה‏ : a desert wherein are no people ; 4QEnGiantsb07.5↗ וחלף לשהוין מדברא רבא̇‏ : he changed to the desiccation of the great desert ; TgJ Zep2:13↗ אִשתְמָמוּ כְמַדבְרָא‏ : desolation like the desert ; BR 503:2(1)↗ מן יהב לך חמר במדברא‏ : who gave you wine in the desert? ; SamTgJ Ex8:24↗ ותדבחון ליהוה אלהכון במדברה‏ ; OS MtCur3:3↗ ܩܠܐ ܕܩܪܐ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ‏ : a voice that is calling in the wilderness ; AphDem23.452:1↗ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܬܪܣܝ ܐܢܘܢ‏ ; BT Meg 31a(11)↗ קדש בכספא פסול במדברא‏ : sanctify with money, hew in the desert (mnemonics for liturgical Torah passages) ; BT BM 24b(28)↗ דאבוה דשמואל אשכח חמרא במדברא‏ : PN's father found an ass in the desert ; PJ Gen14:6↗ עד מישר פארן דיסמיך ליצטר מדברא‏ : up to the plain of Paran that abuts the side of the desert
2
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 ; P Joel2:22↗ ܕܝܥܐ ܬܕܐܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܕܒܪܐ‏
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CPA also ܡܕܒܘܪ and ܡܘܕܒܪ
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Usage 2 reflects the etymology and original meaning of the word.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 712[140]DJPA: 291aDJBA: 642aJastrow: 731J. Payne-Smith: 251Levy Ch-W: 2:9Tal Sam: 168DNWSI: 595DISO: 142DCPA[Schulthess]: 209[42]Qumran: 133
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