H1681–דִּבָּה–dib.bah

These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, a boy seventeen years old, was looking after the flock, together with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph gave their father a bad account of them.

דִּבָּתָ֥ם (דִּבָּתָ֥) di.ba.Ta “report”

And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.

דִּבַּ֤ת di.Bat “<the> bad report of”

And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,

דִבָּ֖ה di.Bah “a bad report”

Those same men who said evil of the land, came to their death by disease before the Lord.

דִבַּת־ di.bat- “<of> [the] unfavorable report of”

False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

דִּבַּ֥ת di.Bat “[the] slander of”

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

דִ֝בָּ֗ה di.Bah “an evil report”

Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ (דִבָּתְ) di.ba.te. “evil report”

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the

דִּבַּ֣ת di.Bat “[the] whispering of”

For this cause be a prophet, and say, This is what the Lord has said: Because, even because they have been glad over you and put you to shame on every side, because you have become a heritage for the rest of the nations, and you are taken up on the lips

וְדִבַּת־ (דִבַּת) di.bat- “[the] whispering of”