Lexical Definition

‎דִּיבוֹן‎ Dîybôwn (dee-bome') Dibon ^N:N--L
or (shortened) דִּיבֹן Dîybôn (dee-bone'); from ‎דּוּב‎; pining

Dibon. (Also, with ‎גָּד‎ added, Dibon-gad.)

• § Dibon = "wasting"
• Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine

1) a town in Moab on the east side of the Jordan which was taken over by the Israelites and rebuilt by the children of Gad
2) a place in south Judah reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from captivity

Extended Information

name of: דִּיבוֹן

• Dibon = "wasting"
• Another name of di.von (‎ד‎ִּ‎יב‎ֹ‎ן‎, ‎ד‎ִּ‎ימו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "Dibon" דִּיבוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: דִּימוֹן | דִּימוֹנָה

‎דִּיבֹן‎, ‎דִּיבוֺן‎ proper name, of a location —

1. city in Moab (MI^{21; 28} ‎דיבן‎, compare ib.¹ adjective, of a people ‎הדיבני‎) — ‎דִּיבֹן‎ Num 21:30; Num 32:3; Num 32:34 (built up or at by Gad) Isa 15:2 in territory of Gad, hence ‎דִּיבֹן גָּד֑‎ Num 33:45; Num 33:46 (compare on these verses & Num 32:34 MI^{10 f.}); also ‎דִּיבוֺן‎ Josh 13:9; Josh 13:17; Jer 48:22 ‎ישֶׁבֶת בַּת דִּיבוֺן‎ Jer 48:18 = ‎דִּימוֺן‎ Isa 15:9, see also ‎מֵי דִימוֺן‎ vIsa 15:9 = Arnon, compare Che & Hpt^{ZA 1887, 268}; — modern Dîbân, north of Arnon, compare Seetzen^{:Reisen i. 409} Tristr^{Land of Moab 132 ff.} Bd^{Pal 193}.

2. ‎דִּיבֹן‎ Neh 11:25 place in Judah, toward south = ‎דִּימוֺנָה‎ Josh 15:22, compare Hpt^l.c.; conjectures by Kn Ke (compare Di) to be Tell ed Dheib (van de Velde^{Mem. 252}) called also Ehdeib (Rob^{BR ii. 102}).

‎דִּיג‎, ‎דַּיָּג‎ see below ‎דגה‎.‎דַּיָּה‎ see below ‎דאה‎. ‎דְּיוֺ‎ see below ‎דוה‎.

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