Lexical Summary dibbah: whispering, defamation, evil report Original Word: דִּבָּהTransliteration: dibbah Phonetic Spelling: (dib-baw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: whispering, defamation, evil report Meaning: whispering, defamation, evil report Strong's Concordance defaming, evil report, infamy, slander From dabab (in the sense of furtive motion); slander -- defaming, evil report, infamy, slander. see HEBREW dabab Brown-Driver-Briggs H1681. dibbah דִּבָּה noun feminine whispering, defamation, evil report (? as that which glides stealthily) — absolute ׳ד Numbers 14:36; Proverbs 10:18; construct דִּבַּת Jeremiah 20:10 4t.; suffix דִּבָּֽתְךָ Proverbs 25:10 דִּבָּתָם Genesis 37:2; — 1 whispering Psalm 31:14; Jeremiah 20:10 (Hi Hup De Gf VB; yet compare Che Psalm). 2 defamation Proverbs 10:18 (with הוציא). 3 evil report, specifically a (true) report of evil doing Genesis 37:2 (P) רָעָה אֶתדִּֿבָּתָם וַיָּבֵא; compare also Proverbs 25:10 & Ezekiel 36:3 וְדִבַּתעָֿ֑ם לָשׁוֺן עַלשְֿׂפַת וֵַתּעֲלוּ, unfavourable report of spies Numbers 13:32; 14:36-37, (all P & all with הוֺצִיא; adjective רעה only 14:37). |
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