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dever דֶּ֫בֶר ‘pestilence’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from dāvar דָבַר ‘to speak’ ( in the sense of destroying )
Roots: דבר

dever n, m
1) pestilence, plague
2) murrain, cattle disease, cattle-plague

Mentioned in Exodus 5:3, 9:15, 9:3 Codex Leviticus 26:25 Numbers 14:12 Deuteronomy 28:21 2 Samuel 24:15, 24:13 1 Kings 8:37 Jeremiah 24:10, 21:6, 34:17, 21:7, 29:18, 14:12, 42:17, 29:17, 27:13, 28:8, 32:36, 38:2, 44:13, 27:8, 32:24, 42:22, 21:9 Ezekiel 38:22, 14:19, 14:21, 6:11, 33:27, 5:12, 12:16, 7:15, 5:17, 28:23, 6:12 Hosea 13:14 Amos 4:10 Habakkuk 3:5 Psalms 78:50, 91:6, 91:3 1 Chronicles 21:12, 21:14 2 Chronicles 6:28, 7:13, 20:9

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