אֲלוּ

Biblical Aramaic

lo! — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

lo! tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲלוּ: interj. lo tree →

The whole BDB entry

interj. lo! (der. uncertain: usually regarded as by-form of אֲרוּ, q.v.; cf.Egyptian Aramaic הלו, Cooke No. 73, RÉS 492 B = S-C M b);—וַאֲלוּ Dn 2:31 חָזֵי הֲוַיְתָ וַאֲלוּ, 4:7, 10; 7:8, always in description of a vision.

Jastrow 1903

אֲלוּ: behold. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(= אֲרוּ, v. אָלָה) behold. Dan. II, 31; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (25 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lo! (5).

In the verses

Daniel 4:10 · tree →

חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י וַאֲלוּ֙ עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֖א נָחִֽת׃

Word for word: seeing I.was in the.visions of my.head on bed my and lo! a.watcher and a.holy.[one] from the heavens [was].coming.down

JPS 1917: I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

Daniel 4:7 · tree →

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Word for word: and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its [was].great

JPS 1917: Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

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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