אַחְמְתָא

Biblical Aramaic

Achmetha — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Achmetha tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַחְמְתָא: n.pr.loc. Ecbatana tree →

The whole BDB entry

(orig. -תָן or -תָנָא Nö in StreckZA 15, 368) n.pr.loc. Ecbatana, Ezr 6:2; capital of Media, captured by Cyrus (b.c. 550), and then summer residence of Pers. kings; mod. همذان Hamaḏân, Spieg244 Margoliouth Hast. DB Achmetha, especially Brugsch Reise n. Persien (1862), i. 360–392 (OMed. Agmatana Dl Calwer Bib. Lex.; OPers. Hañgmatâna (= place of assembling) Spiegl.c., Bab. Agam(a)tanu Beh 60, Bez p. 26, etc.; Ἀγβάτανα Herod i. 98; 𝔊 Ἐκβατανα 2 Macc 9:3 +; MeyGesch. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streck l, c. 367 f.).

Jastrow 1903

אַחְמְתָא: Aḥm’tha, Ecbatana tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Aḥm’tha, Ecbatana, capital of Media. Ezra VI, 2, v. הַמְדָּן; v. Schr. K. A. T. p. 378.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Ecbatana (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:2 · tree →

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃פ

Word for word: and it.was.found in Ecbatana in the citadel which [is].in Media the province a.scroll one and as.follows it.was.written in midst its (the) memorandum

JPS 1917: And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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