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Meaning and etymology of the name Dibri
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Dibri 
The name Dibri occurs only once in the Bible and that in a rather harrowing scene.
The Danite Dibri's daughter Shelomith was married to an Egyptian, and because Israel had just escaped from captivity in Egypt, this quite possibly caused a great deal of stress at home. At some point in the forty year trek through the wilderness, Israel was camped at Mount Sinai. Dibri's grandson, who was half-Egyptian half-Israelite, went for a stroll about camp and got into a clash with an Israelite.
At some point during the argument the grandson violated the Ten Commandments by blaspheming the Name of God. The man (or boy) was arrested and subsequently sentenced to death by God Himself. God also issued the decree that anyone who blasphemed had to be publicly put to death by means of mass execution. Judging from the penal consequence, blaspheming the Name of God was as grave a violation as murdering a man (Leviticus 24:10-23).
The name Dibri comes from the fertile root  , and literally means My Word. There is, however, much more to this name, which linguistically is kindred to the phrase Word Of God. For an extensive look at the dbr root, see our article on the name Dabar.
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