Footnote

Or, “and to the hindmost chamber.” Heb., welad·devirʹ; Gr., da·birʹ; Sy, “house of the propitiatory cover,” that is, the Most Holy; Lat., o·raʹcu·li, “the oracle,” based on the incorrect theory that the Heb. noun devirʹ was derived from the verb da·varʹ, “to speak.” Compare Coptic ta·bir, “the innermost”; also Arabic dub(u)r, “back.”