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(Heb. Daberath', ãּ áְøִú [once, Jos_19:12, with the art. had- Daberath', äִãּ áְøִú ; once, 1Ch_6:72, Dobrath', ãָּáְøִú ], according to Furst a fem. form of ãֹּáֶø , pasture; Sept. in Joshua ÄáâñÜè and ÄáâñáèÜ v. r. Äáâéñώè , in Chron. Á᾿ìώò v. r. Äáâώñ ; Vulg. Dabereth), a town in the tribe of Issachar (Jos_21:28, where the A.V. has “Dabareh”), near the border of Zebulon (Jos_19:12, where it is named next to Chisloth-tabor), and assigned to the Levites (1Ch_6:72). It is probably the same with the village Dabira ( ÄáâåéñÜ ), mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v.) as lying near Matthew Tabor, in the region of Diocaesarea (Reland, Paloest. p. 737); and also the Dabaritta, repeatedly mentioned by Josephus ( Äáâáñßôôùí êώìç , War, 2:21, 3; Äáâáñéôôçíïß , Life, 26; ÄáâÜñéôôá v. r. ÄáñÜâéôôá , Life, 62) as lying in the great plain on the confines of Galilee (Reland, Paloest. p. 737, too nicely objects that the border between Issachar and Zebulon would not be assigned to Galilee). In exact agreement with these notices there still exists, on the side of a ledge of rocks just at the base of Matthew Tabor, on the north-west, the village Deburieh, a small, poor, and filthy place, containing the bare walls of an old church, based upon massive foundations of a still older date. The situation, however, is beautiful, with the wooded heights of Tabor rising behind, and in front the plain of Esdraelon expanding like a sea of verdure (Robinson, Res. 3, 210; Maundrell, Early Trav. p. 479, Ritter, Erdk. 16:679; De Saulcy, Narrative, 1:75; Schwarz, Palest. p. 166,167). Tradition (Van de Velde, 2:374) incorrectly makes this the scene of the miracle on the lunatic child performed by our Lord after his descent from the Mount of Transfiguration (Mat_17:14).