Scrabble
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl.
(2): ( v. t.) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
(3): ( n.) The act of scrabbling; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
(4): ( v. t.) To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [2]
'To make marks': it is what David did on the door when he feigned madness. 1 Samuel 21:13 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
skrab ´' 50 : Occurs only in 1 Samuel 21:13 , as the translation of תּרת , tāwāh : "David ... feigned himself mad and scrabbled on the doors of the gate." "To scrabble" (modern English "scrawl") is here to make unmeaning marks; tāwāh means "to make a mark" from tāw , "a mark," especially as a cross ( Ezekiel 9:4 ), a signature ( Job 31:35 , see the Revised Version (British and American)), the name of the Hebrew letter ת originally made in the form of a cross; the Revised Version margin has "made marks"; but Septuagint has tumpanı́zō , "to beat as a drum," which the Vulgate, Ewald, Driver and others follow ("beat upon" or "drummed on the doors of the city," which seems more probable).
