דַּבֶּ֫שֶׁת

# Dabbesheth: A Single Biblical Place Name Dabbesheth (דַּבֶּ֫שֶׁת) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, making it one of the rarest entries in biblical topography. The name is attested as a proper noun—specifically a geographic location—rather than as a common word with multiple meanings or applications. Because this term occurs just a single time, its range of usage cannot be established from biblical evidence alone. The lexicon data provided offers no definition of what "Dabbesheth" means etymologically or what characterized this place. Without multiple contexts showing how the term was used or what it referred to, we cannot determine whether it was a city, region, landmark, or other type of location. The extreme scarcity of this reference—appearing nowhere else in the biblical text—limits what can be said about its significance. It remains a hapax legomenon (a word or name appearing only once), which means our understanding of it depends entirely on identifying its single occurrence in context and any potential evidence from ancient geography or related place names.