מִדְבָּר m. (b. h.; v. דְּבַר) pasture-ground, desert. Gen. R. s. 31, end. Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on מדברך ib. 3) אע"פ שהוא מ׳וכ׳ although the Temple is a desert, you are bound to observe the sacredness of its precincts now that it is ruined &c.; a. fr.—מֵתֵי מ׳ the generation that died in the wilderness. B. Bath. 73ᵇ bot.; a. fr.—Tosef. Macc. III (II), 2; Macc. 9ᵇ; Y. ib. II, 31ᵈ top בצר במ׳ (b. h.) Bezer in the Wilderness, on the eastern side of the Jordan.—Tosef. Men. IX, 13 כבשים ממ׳, read: ממִדְבַּר חברון from the pasture-ground of Hebron; v. Men. 87ᵃ; Sot. 34ᵇ.—Pl. מִדְבָּרוֹת. Ber. IX, 2. Ib. 54ᵇ הולכי מ׳ those travelling in the deserts; a. e.
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מִדְבָּר m. (b. h.; v. דְּבַר ) pasture-ground, desert . Gen. R. s. 31 , end. Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on מדברך ib. 3 ) אע"פ שהוא מ׳וכ׳ although the…
References
- Jastrow, דְּבַר 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 31
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 4:4:8
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 3
- Bava Batra 73b:11
- Tosefta Makkot 3
- Tosefta Makkot 2:2
- Makkot 9b:16
- Tosefta Menahot 9:13
- Menachot 87a
- Sotah 34b
- Jastrow, מִדַּבְּרוֹת 1
- Mishnah Berakhot 9:2
- Berakhot 54b:12