🔼The name Diblaim: Summary
- Meaning
- Two Fig Cakes
- Etymology
- From the noun דבלה (debela), fig cake.
🔼The name Diblaim in the Bible
The name Diblaim occurs only once in the Bible. It's the name of the father of Gomer, the adulterous wife of the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1:3).
🔼Etymology of the name Diblaim
The name Diblaim appears to be a plural form of the noun דבלה (debela), meaning fig cake:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
דבל
The noun דבלה (debela) refers to a lump or cake of pressed figs and probably stems from an unused verb דבל (dabal) that meant to collect or stump together.
🔼Diblaim meaning
For a meaning of the name Diblaim, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads a curious Twin Fig Cakes, and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names offers a more realistic Two Cakes Of Figs. BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't interpret the name Diblaim but does list it under the root דבל.