Jastrow: דְּבוֹרָה

דְּבוֹרָה f. (b. h. דְּבֹרָה; דבר to lead, join) 1) [swarm,] bee. Yalk. Deut. 795 (play on הדברים, Deut. I, 1) מה הד׳ הזו בניה מתנהגין וכ׳ as the bee is followed by the young, so are the Israelites led by the righteous &c.; (Deut. R. s. 1 כדְּבוֹרִים היו וכ׳ like bees my children were guided &c.). Ib. מה הד׳ הזו וכ׳ as the bee whose honey &c.; a. fr.—Pl. דְּבוֹרִים. Kel. XVI, 7 מדף של ד׳ the vessel used for smoking the bees out. Bekh. 7ᵇ דבש ד׳ bee-honey. Deut. R. l. c., v. supra. —2) pr. n. f. Deborah, the heroine and prophetess. Meg. 14ᵃ; a. fr.—שִׁירַת ד׳ the song of Deborah (Jud. V). Y. Meg. III, 74ᵇ bot.; Treat. Sof’rim XII, 10; a. e.