Hebrew word · H1705

דָּֽבְרַת

daverat

Daberath

A place name. It may be related to dōḇer, 'pasture' (Isaiah 5:17; Micah 2:12), and would then mean something like 'pasture-place'. That origin is likely but not certain.

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

§ Dabareh or Daberath = "word"

a Levitical city, modern 'Debarieh', situated at the western foot of Tabor

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 6:72

Range of meaning

A place name. It may be related to dōḇer, 'pasture' (Isaiah 5:17; Micah 2:12), and would then mean something like 'pasture-place'. That origin is likely but not certain.

Against the English

'Daberath' in all versions.

Used elsewhere in the period

Joshua 19:12 places it on Zebulun's border. Joshua 21:28 gives it to Issachar's Levites. It is generally identified with Daburiyya at the foot of Mount Tabor, and Josephus calls it Dabaritta (Life 126, 318).

Where it appears

Joshua · 2

  1. Joshua 19:12 הַדָּֽבְרַ֖ת <the> Daberath

    From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

  2. Joshua 21:28 דָּֽבְרַ֖ת Daberath

    From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kishion, Daberath,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:72 דָּבְרַ֖ת Daberath

    From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,

    Here: A town at the western foot of Mount Tabor, almost certainly the modern Arab village of Daburiyya, which keeps the old name. It sat on the border between Zebulun and Issachar (Joshua 19:12; 21:28).

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