Lexical Definition

‎דְּבֵלָה‎ dᵉbêlâh (deb-ay-law') fig cake ^H:N-F
from an unused root (akin to ‎זָבַל‎) probably meaning to press together

cake (lump) of figs.

• a cake of pressed figs

1) fig cake, lump of pressed figs

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דְּבֵלָה‎ noun feminine lump of pressed figs, pressed (fig-) cake (Late Hebrew ‎דְּבֵילָה‎, Aram id., , = Greek παλάθη; Arabic lump, large gobbet or mouthful; compare Assyrian dublu, foundation, & Hebrew synonym ‎אֲשִׁישָׁה‎ Dl^{HA 58}) — ‎דְּבֵלָה‎ 1Sam 30:12 construct ‎דְּבֶלֶת‎ 2Kgs 20:7 = Isa 38:21 plural ‎דְּבֵלִים‎ 1Sam 25:18; 1Chr 12:40* — used as food 1Sam 25:18; 1Sam 30:12; 1Chr 12:40* ‎דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים‎, as application to boil, or eruption 2Kgs 20:7 = Isa 38:21.

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