דִּבְיוֹנִים
div.yon
H1686
H:N-M
Hebrew
quano
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Books
Hebrew
Language
div.yon denotes a plural item sold in Samaria during a severe famine.
The sole attestation places the plural noun among goods sold at a price during Samaria's severe famine and siege.
Senses in use
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An item sold during famine · dominant
In 2 Kings 6:25, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the price list formed during the siege of Samaria; the APB renders the clause with "a fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 6:25, the APB presents the item in a measured quantity, "a fourth of a kab of dove's dung," within a famine price list. That wording cannot isolate the lemma's contribution beyond the verse's sales context.