וְ/דֶ֣בֶר — 2 Chronicles 20:9 Hebrew Word Study

וְ/דֶ֣בֶר

𐤅/𐤃𐤁𐤓

vedever

or-pestilence

from דָבַר (in the sense of destroying); a pestilence; murrain, pestilence, plague.

2 Chronicles 20:9 · Word #7

Lexicon `H1698`

Lemma	דֶּבֶר
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤃𐤁𐤓
Transliteration	deber
Strong's	H1698
In-context	or-pestilence

Morphology `HC/Ncmsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H1698-16`

and a destroying-plague

Root	דבר (d-b-r)
Core Meanings	to destroy, to devastate, to strike down; destruction, plague
Semantic Range	pestilence, plague, epidemic disease, murrain (livestock plague), widespread deadly affliction
Conceptual Significance	דֶּבֶר frequently appears in covenantal contexts as a divine instrument of judgment, especially in lists of curses (e.g., sword, famine, and pestilence). It conveys not merely disease but a divinely permitted devastation that demonstrates covenant accountability and the sovereignty of YHWH over life and death.
Morphological Notes	Conjunction וְ ("and") prefixed to a masculine singular common noun in the absolute state (Ncmsa). No definite article; singular in number.
Rendering Rationale	The noun דֶּבֶר derives from a verbal root associated with destruction or devastation (distinct from דָּבַר "to speak"). Rendering it as "a destroying-plague" preserves the active, destructive force inherent in the root while reflecting the masculine singular absolute form with the prefixed conjunction "and."

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root דבר (to destroy, to devastate, to strike down; destruction, plague)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H1696-01`	adaber	I will declare
`H1696-02`	adaberah	Let me speak forth
`H1697-01`	badavar	in the word
`H1698-01`	badaver	with the destroying pestilence
`H1697-02`	badevarim	in the spoken-matters
`H1698-02`	badever	by the destroying plague
`H1687-01`	badevir	in the oracle-shrine
`H4057-01`	bamidebar	in the driving-wilderness
`H1696-03`	bedaber	in speaking forth
`H1696-04`	bedaberam	in their declaring
`H1696-05`	bedaberekhem	in your declaring
`H1696-06`	bedaberi	in my declaring
`H1696-07`	bedabero	in his speaking
`H1697-03`	bedavar	in a spoken matter
`H1696-08`	bedaverekha	in your speaking
`H1698-03`	bedever	in pestilence
`H1697-04`	bediverey	in the words of
`H1697-05`	bedivereykhem	with your words
`H4057-02`	bemidebar	in the driven pasture-land of
`H1697-06`	bidevar	in the spoken-word-of
`H1697-07`	bidevarayv	in his spoken-words
`H1697-08`	bidevarekha	in your spoken word
`H1697-09`	bidevareykha	in your words
`H1697-10`	bidevarim	in spoken matters
`H1697-11`	bidevaro	by his spoken-word
`H1696-09`	daber	Speak forth!
`H1696-10`	daberekha	you have declared
`H1696-11`	daberekhem	he declared to you (masculine plural)
`H1696-12`	daberi	Speak forth!
`H1696-13`	dabero	declare to him
`H1696-14`	daberu	Speak forth, you men!
`H1697-12`	davar	a spoken-word
`H1698-04`	daver	a destroying pestilence
`H1705-01`	daverat	Daberath (Word-Place)
`H1696-15`	davur	uttered (masculine singular)
`H3810-02`	devar	word-of
`H1697-13`	devar	word-of
`H1697-14`	devaray	my words
`H1697-15`	devarayikhe	your spoken-words (feminine singular)
`H1697-16`	devarayv	his spoken-words
`H1697-17`	devarekha	your spoken word
`H1697-18`	devarenu	our word
`H1697-19`	devareyha	her spoken-matters
`H1697-20`	devareykha	your spoken-words
`H1698-05`	devareykha	your spoken-words
`H1697-21`	devari	my spoken-word
`H1697-22`	devarim	spoken-words
`H1697-23`	devaro	his spoken-word
`H1698-06`	dever	destroying pestilence
`H1688-01`	devir	Word-Place (Debir)
`H1687-02`	devir	Word-Place (Debir)
`H1688-02`	devirah	Debir-ward
`H1683-01`	devorah	Bee-woman
`H1682-01`	devorim	order-moving bees
`H1696-16`	dibarenu	we have declared
`H1696-17`	dibareta	you (masculine singular) have declared
`H1696-18`	dibarete	you (feminine) have declared
`H1696-19`	dibaretem	you men have declared
`H1696-20`	dibareti	I have declared
`H1696-21`	diber	he declared
`H1696-22`	diberah	she has declared
`H1696-23`	dibero	he has declared it
`H1696-24`	diberu	they have declared
`H1700-01`	diverat	matter-of
`H1701-01`	diverat	matter-of
`H1700-02`	diverati	my word-matter
`H1697-24`	diverey	words of
`H1697-25`	divereyhem	their spoken-matters
`H1697-26`	divereykhem	your spoken matters
`H1704-01`	diveri	Word-Man (Dibri)
`H1696-25`	dover	one speaking
`H1696-26`	doverey	speakers of
`H1696-27`	doverim	those who are speaking
`H1696-28`	doverot	women who are speaking
`H1702-01`	doverot	driving rafts
`H1697-27`	dvr	a spoken word
`H1696-29`	dvrty	I have declared
`H1697-28`	dvrv	his spoken word
`H1697-29`	dvrvv	his spoken matters
`H1697-30`	dvry	my spoken-word
`H1697-31`	dvrykh	your spoken-words
`H1697-32`	dvryv	his spoken-words
`H1697-33`	hadavar	the spoken-word
`H1698-07`	hadaver	the destroying pestilence
`H1705-02`	hadaverat	the Pasture-place
`H1907-01`	hadaveray	my word-counselors
`H1907-02`	hadaveraya	the administrators
`H1699-01`	hadavero	his ordered pasture-fold
`H1697-34`	hadevarim	the spoken matters
`H1698-08`	hadever	the destroying pestilence
`H1687-03`	hadevir	the oracle-chamber
`H1682-02`	hadevorim	the order-moving bees
`H1696-30`	hadover	the one speaking
`H1696-31`	hadoverot	the speaking women
`H1696-32`	hamedaber	the declaring one
`H1696-33`	hamedaberim	the ones speaking
`H4057-03`	hamidebar	the driven-open wilderness
`H4057-04`	hamidebarah	toward the pasture-wilderness
`H1696-34`	hanidebarim	the ones speaking-together
`H1697-35`	kadavar	according to the spoken word
`H1697-36`	kadevarim	according to the words
`H4057-05`	kamidebar	like the wilderness-pasture
`H1696-35`	kedaber	as one declaring
`H1696-36`	kedaberah	as she declared it
`H1696-37`	kedaberekhem	according to your speaking (you men)
`H1699-02`	kedaveram	like their arranged pasture-fold
`H1697-37`	kediverey	like the words of
`H1697-38`	kedivereykhem	according to your words
`H4057-06`	khamidebar	like the driven-wilderness
`H1697-39`	khdvrykh	according to your spoken-words
`H1697-40`	khedivereykhem	according to your spoken words
`H1697-41`	khidevarekha	according to your word
`H1697-42`	khidevarekhe	according to your word
`H1682-03`	khidevorim	like the ordered-swarming bees
`H1697-43`	kidevar	according to the spoken-word of
`H1697-44`	kidevarekha	according to your word
`H1697-45`	kidevareykha	according to your spoken-words
`H1697-46`	ladavar	to the spoken-matter
`H1697-47`	ladevarim	to the words
`H1698-09`	ladever	to the destroying-plague
`H1687-04`	ladevir	to the Inner-Oracular Shrine
`H4057-07`	lamidebar	to the driving-wilderness
`H1697-48`	ldvrykh	to your words
`H1696-38`	ledaber	to speak forth
`H1697-49`	ledavar	to a spoken-matter
`H1697-50`	lediverey	to the words of
`H1697-51`	ledivereyhem	to their spoken matters
`H1697-52`	ledivereykhem	to your spoken words
`H1907-03`	lehadaverohi	to his word-counsellors
`H4057-08`	lemidebar	to a driving-wilderness
`H1697-53`	lidevar	to the spoken-word of
`H1697-54`	lidevaray	to my spoken-matters
`H1697-55`	lidevarekha	to your word
`H1697-56`	lidevaro	to his word
`H1687-05`	lidevir	to the oracle-shrine
`H1688-03`	lidevir	to the Word-Sanctum
`H1688-04`	lidevirah	to Debir-ward
`H1696-39`	medaber	one who is speaking
`H1696-40`	medaberet	she who is speaking forth
`H1696-41`	medaberim	those declaring
`H1696-42`	medaberot	women speaking forth
`H1696-43`	medubar	the one being declared
`H4057-09`	mehamidebar	from the driven-open wilderness
`H1696-44`	midaber	one speaking forth
`H1703-01`	midaberoteykha	from your uttered words
`H1697-57`	midavar	from a word
`H4057-10`	midebar	driving-wilderness of
`H4057-11`	midebarah	her pasture-wilderness
`H1697-58`	midevar	from a spoken-matter of
`H1698-10`	midever	from the destroying pestilence
`H1697-59`	midiverey	from the words of
`H1697-60`	midivereyhem	from their words
`H4057-12`	mimidebar	from the pasture-wilderness of
`H1696-45`	nedaber	we will declare
`H1696-46`	nidebarenu	we spoke together
`H1696-47`	nidebaru	they spoke together
`H1696-48`	nideberu	they spoke together
`H1696-49`	sheyedubar	that he be spoken of
`H1696-50`	tedaber	you (masculine singular) shall declare
`H1696-51`	tedaberenah	they (feminine) will speak forth
`H1696-52`	tedaberi	you (feminine singular) declare
`H1696-53`	tedaberu	you men shall speak forth
`H1696-54`	tedaberun	you (masculine plural) shall declare
`H1697-61`	udevar	and the word-of
`H1697-62`	udevaray	and my spoken-words
`H1697-63`	udevarayv	and the words of him
`H1697-64`	udevareykha	and your spoken-words
`H1697-65`	udevarim	and spoken-matters
`H1687-06`	udevir	and the oracle-shrine
`H1683-02`	udevorah	and Deborah (Bee-woman)
`H1696-55`	uledaber	and to declare
`H1698-11`	uledaver	and to a destroying-plague
`H1696-56`	umedaber	and he who is arranging-words
`H1696-57`	umidaber	and while declaring
`H1698-12`	umidaver	and from destroying-pestilence
`H4057-13`	umidebareykhe	and your wilderness-tracts
`H1697-66`	umidevarekha	and from your spoken word
`H1697-67`	umidivereyhem	and from their words
`H4057-14`	umimidebar	and from the pasture-wilderness
`H1696-58`	utedaber	and she will arrange-words / and you (ms) will arrange-words
`H1697-68`	uvadavar	and in the spoken-matter
`H1698-13`	uvadaver	and by the destroying pestilence
`H1698-14`	uvadever	and by the destroying pestilence
`H4057-15`	uvamidebar	and in the driven-wilderness
`H1696-59`	uvedaber	and in declaring
`H1696-60`	uvedaberi	and in my speaking
`H1696-61`	uvedabero	and in his speaking
`H1697-69`	uvidevar	and in the word-of
`H1697-70`	uvidevarekha	and by your spoken word
`H1696-62`	vaadaber	and I declared
`H1696-63`	vaadaberah	and I will declare
`H1697-71`	vadavar	in the word-matter
`H1698-15`	vadever	and a destroying-plague
`H4057-16`	vamidebar	in the driving-wilderness
`H1696-64`	vatedaber	and she declared
`H1696-65`	vatedaberenah	and they (women) spoke forth
`H1696-66`	vayadeber	and he declared
`H1696-67`	vayedaber	And he spoke forth
`H1696-68`	vayedaberem	and he declared them
`H1696-69`	vayedaberu	and they spoke forth
`H1696-70`	vedaber	and speak forth!
`H1696-71`	vedabero	in his speaking-forth
`H1696-72`	vedaberu	and you men declared
`H1697-72`	vedavar	a spoken matter
`H1696-73`	vedibareta	and you shall declare
`H1696-74`	vedibaretam	and you (masculine singular) spoke them
`H1696-75`	vedibarete	and you (feminine) declared
`H1696-76`	vedibaretem	and you men shall declare
`H1696-77`	vedibareti	and I spoke forth
`H1696-78`	vediber	and he declared
`H1696-79`	vediberu	and they declared
`H1697-73`	vediverey	and words of
`H1696-80`	vedover	and he who speaks
`H1697-74`	vehadavar	and the spoken-matter
`H1698-17`	vehadaver	and the destroying pestilence
`H1907-04`	vehadaverey	and the counsellors of
`H1697-75`	vehadevarim	and the words
`H1698-18`	vehadever	and the destroying pestilence
`H1699-03`	vehadiber	and the pasture-fold
`H1696-81`	vehadoverim	and the speaking men
`H1687-07`	veladevir	and to the oracle-chamber
`H1682-04`	veladevorah	and for the orderly-moving bee
`H1697-76`	velidevaro	and for his word
`H4057-17`	vemidebar	in the driving-wilderness of
`H1696-82`	vidaberu	and they declared
`H1697-77`	videvar	in the word of
`H1697-78`	videvaray	with my words
`H1697-79`	videvarayv	in his spoken-words
`H1697-80`	videvareyha	in the words of her
`H1697-81`	vmdvrykh	and from your spoken-words
`H1697-82`	vvdvrykh	and in your words
`H1696-83`	vydvr	and he declared
`H1696-84`	yadeber	he will subdue
`H1696-85`	yedaber	he will speak forth
`H1696-86`	yedaberu	they will speak forth

Word Usage (49 occurrences of H1698)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Exodus 5:3	בַּ/דֶּ֖בֶר	badever	with pestilence
Exodus 9:3	דֶּ֖בֶר	dever	a pestilence
Exodus 9:15	בַּ/דָּ֑בֶר	badaver	with pestilence
Leviticus 26:25	דֶ֨בֶר֙	dever	pestilence
Numbers 14:12	בַ/דֶּ֖בֶר	vadever	with the pestilence
Deuteronomy 28:21	הַ/דָּ֑בֶר	hadaver	the plague
2 Samuel 24:13	דֶּ֨בֶר֙	dever	pestilence
2 Samuel 24:15	דֶּ֨בֶר֙	dever	plague
1 Kings 8:37	דֶּ֣בֶר	dever	pestilence
Jeremiah 14:12	וּ/בַ/דֶּ֔בֶר	uvadever	and by pestilence
Jeremiah 21:6	בְּ/דֶ֥בֶר	bedever	of pestilence
Jeremiah 21:7	הַ/דֶּ֣בֶר	hadever	the-pestilence
Jeremiah 21:9	וּ/בַ/דָּ֑בֶר	uvadaver	and by pestilence
Jeremiah 24:10	הַ/דָּ֑בֶר	hadaver	the-pestilence
Jeremiah 27:8	וּ/בַ/דֶּ֜בֶר	uvadever	and with pestilence
Jeremiah 27:13	וּ/בַ/דָּ֑בֶר֙	uvadaver	and by pestilence
Jeremiah 28:8	וּ/לְ/דָֽבֶר	uledaver	pestilence
Jeremiah 29:17	הַ/דָּ֑בֶר	hadaver	pestilence
Jeremiah 29:18	וּ/בַ/דָּ֑בֶר	uvadaver	and-with-the-pestilence
Jeremiah 32:24	וְ/הַ/דָּ֑בֶר	vehadaver	and the pestilence
Jeremiah 32:36	וּ/בַ/דָּֽבֶר	uvadaver	and by pestilence
Jeremiah 34:17	הַ/דֶּ֣בֶר	hadever	the pestilence
Jeremiah 38:2	וּ/בַ/דָּ֑בֶר	uvadaver	and-by-pestilence
Jeremiah 42:17	וּ/בַ/דָּ֑בֶר	uvadaver	and by pestilence
Jeremiah 42:22	וּ/בַ/דֶּ֖בֶר	uvadever	and-by-the-pestilence
Jeremiah 44:13	וּ/בַ/דָּֽבֶר	uvadaver	and-with-the-plague
Ezekiel 5:12	בַּ/דֶּ֣בֶר	badever	by the pestilence
Ezekiel 5:17	וְ/דֶ֥בֶר	vedever	and-pestilence
Ezekiel 6:11	וּ/בַ/דֶּ֖בֶר	uvadever	and by pestilence
Ezekiel 6:12	בַּ/דֶּ֣בֶר	badever	in the plague
Ezekiel 7:15	וְ/הַ/דֶּ֥בֶר	vehadever	and the plague
Ezekiel 7:15	וָ/דֶ֖בֶר	vadever	and plague
Ezekiel 12:16	וּ/מִ/דָּ֑בֶר	umidaver	and-from-pestilence
Ezekiel 14:19	דֶּ֥בֶר	dever	pestilence
Ezekiel 14:21	וָ/דֶ֔בֶר	vadever	and-pestilence
Ezekiel 28:23	דֶּ֤בֶר	dever	pestilence
Ezekiel 33:27	בַּ/דֶּ֥בֶר	badever	by pestilence
Ezekiel 38:22	בְּ/דֶ֣בֶר	bedever	in-pestilence
Hosea 13:14	דְבָרֶי/ךָ֜	devareykha	your plagues
Amos 4:10	דֶּ֨בֶר֙	dever	pestilence
Habakkuk 3:5	דָּ֑בֶר	daver	the pestilence
Psalms 78:50	לַ/דֶּ֥בֶר	ladever	to the plague
Psalms 91:3	מִ/דֶּ֥בֶר	midever	from the
Psalms 91:6	מִ֭/דֶּבֶר	midever	from pestilence
1 Chronicles 21:12	וְ/דֶ֨בֶר֙	vedever	and pestilence
1 Chronicles 21:14	דֶּ֖בֶר	dever	a pestilence
2 Chronicles 6:28	דֶּ֣בֶר	dever	pestilence
2 Chronicles 7:13	דֶּ֖בֶר	dever	plague
2 Chronicles 20:9	וְ/דֶ֣בֶר	vedever	or-pestilence

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Lexicon H1698

Morphology HC/Ncmsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H1698-16

Words from Root דבר (to destroy, to devastate, to strike down; destruction, plague)

Word Usage (49 occurrences of H1698)

Lexicon `H1698`

Morphology `HC/Ncmsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H1698-16`