אַרְגְּוָן

Biblical Aramaic

purple — used 3 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

purple tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַרְגְּוָן: n.m. purple, red-purple tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. purple, red-purple (BH id., אַרְגָּמָן);—emph. אַרְגְּוָנָא Dn 5:7, 16, 29.

Jastrow 1903

אַרְגְּוָון: purple garment tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(also … גְּוָנ׳) = b. h. אַרְגָּמָן purple (garment). Dan. V, 7; a. e.—Targ. Ex. XXV, 4; a. e.—Tam. 32ᵃ לבישין דא׳ purple garments.—Pl. אַרְגְּוָונִים. Pesik. R. s. 33.—אַרְגְּוָונוֹת. Lam. R. to III, 19 א׳ טובות fine purple dresses (for females).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 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: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (the) (3).

In the verses

Daniel 5:29 · tree →

בֵּאדַ֣יִן ׀ אֲמַ֣ר בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֗ר וְהַלְבִּ֤ישׁוּ לְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙ אַרְגְּוָנָ֔א וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֥א דִֽי־דַהֲבָ֖א עַֽל־צַוְּארֵ֑הּ וְהַכְרִ֣זֽוּ עֲל֔וֹהִי דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֵ֥א שַׁלִּ֛יט תַּלְתָּ֖א בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃

Word for word: then he.said Belshazzar and they.clothed (et) Daniel (the) purple and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold [was].on neck his and they.made.proclamation concerning him (diy).that he.will.be a.ruler third in the kingdom

JPS 1917: Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as one of three in the kingdom.

Daniel 5:16 · tree →

וַאֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּֽי־תִיכּ֥וּלפִּשְׁרִ֛ין לְמִפְשַׁ֖ר וְקִטְרִ֣ין לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א כְּעַ֡ן הֵן֩ תִּכ֨וּל כְּתָבָ֜א לְמִקְרֵ֗א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א תִלְבַּ֗שׁ וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤אדִֽי־דַהֲבָא֙ עַֽל־צַוְּארָ֔ךְ וְתַלְתָּ֥א בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א תִּשְׁלַֽט׃פ

Word for word: and I I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that you.are.able interpretations to interpret and knots to loosen now if you.will.be.able the writing to read.aloud and interpretation its to make known.to.me (the) purple you.will.be.clothed and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold [will.be].on neck your and third in the kingdom you.will.rule

JPS 1917: But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.'

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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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