דְּבִיר

I. דְּבִיר noun masculine (compare Arabic back, part behind) hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon = קדשׁ הקדשׁים holy of holies, most holy place, the place of the ark and the cherubic images, the throne-room of Yahweh 1 Kong 6,5; 1 Kong 6,16; 1 Kong 6,19; 1 Kong 6,20; 1 Kong 6,21; 1 Kong 6,22; 1 Kong 6,23; 1 Kong 6,31; 1 Kong 7,49 ( = 2 Kron 4,20) 2 Kron 8,6; 2 Kron 8,8 ( = 2 Kron 5,7; 2 Kron 5,9) 2 Kron 3,16; Sl 28,2. Probably read דְּבִיר 2 Kong 10,25 also, for ᵑ0 עִיר; so Klo after ᵐ5L. (It is translated oracle in AV RV after Aq Symm χρηματιστήριον, ᵑ9 oraculum, on the incorrect theory that it was derived from דִּבֶּר speak.)