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# דֶּבֶק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1694

**joining** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

joining [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1694/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דֶּ֫בֶק: n.m. joining, soldering, appendage [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1694/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 41:7 joining, soldering, appendage— דּ׳ joining, soldering Is 41:7. pl. הַדְּבָקִים appendages of breastplate (?) 1 K 22:34 = 2 Ch 18:33 בֵּין הַדּ׳ ובין הַשִּׁרְיָן. (The Be al. cf. VB: the jointed attachment or appendage to the rigid breat-armour, which covered the abdomen; \> Klo proposes appendage of helmet; Thes suggests armpits, lit. joints (cf. מַדְבְּקֵי יָד Je 38:12 𝔗); Ew the soft muscles etc. connecting the chest with the bottom of the back.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: scales (2); soldering (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 41:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.7/#tree)

וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק חָרָשׁ֙ אֶת־צֹרֵ֔ף מַחֲלִ֥יק פַּטִּ֖ישׁ אֶת־ה֣וֹלֶם פָּ֑עַם אֹמֵ֤ר לַדֶּ֙בֶק֙ ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַיְחַזְּקֵ֥הוּ בְמַסְמְרִ֖ים לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.encouraged a.craftsman (et) a.metalsmith \[one.who\].smooths of.a.hammer (et) \[one.who\].strikes an.anvil saying of the soldering \[is\].good it and he strengthened.it with nails not it.will.be.shaken

*JPS 1917:* So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil, saying of the soldering: 'It is good'; and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.

[1 Kings 22:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.34/#tree)

וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לְתֻמּ֔וֹ וַיַּכֶּה֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְרַכָּב֗וֹ הֲפֹ֥ךְ יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

*Word for word:* and someone he.drew on the bow to innocence his and he.struck (et) the.king of.Israel between the scales and between the.body armor and he.said to charioteer his turn.around hand your and take me.out from the camp (dm) I.have.been.wounded

*JPS 1917:* And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1694.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1694/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).