Lexicon
דִּבְלָה
div.lah
H1689
N:N--L Hebrew

Riblah

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div.lah names the place marking the extent of the land's devastation in Ezekiel's judgment statement.

The attested use names a place in the statement that the land will be made a devastation extending from the wilderness of Riblah through all the settlements.

Senses in use

  1. Place marking the reach of devastation · dominant

    The proper noun form occurs in the clause defining the extent of the devastated land. In Ezekiel 6:14 the APB renders the statement as devastation "from the wilderness of Riblah throughout all their settlements."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 6:14, the APB presents the term within the geographical phrase "from the wilderness of Riblah." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause places it as the stated point from which devastation extends.

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