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גְּבַר

Biblical Aramaic

man — used 21 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

man tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּבַר: n.m. man tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. man (BH);—abs. ג׳ Dn 2:25; 5:11; pl. abs. נֻּבְרִין (K§ 54, 3 ε) 3:24, 25, also, = certain ones, v 8, 12, 20; emph. גֻּבְרַיָּא Ezr 4:21; 5:4, 10; 6:8; Dn 3:12 + 9 times Dn.

Jastrow 1903

גְּבַר II: man thou; tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

; man. Targ. Gen. II, 24; a. v. fr.—Ber. 63ᵃ באתר דלית ג׳ כ׳ where there is no man, (leader). B. Mets. 97ᵃ (prov.) ג׳ דנשי וכ׳ for a man whom women killed there is no law or judge. Erub. 53ᵇ, v. אוּשְׁפִּיזָא.—Men. 42ᵇ, a. e. חובת ג׳ personal duty, opp. ח׳ טלית the duty resting on the garment (whether or not you wear it).—ההוא גברא a certain man. B. Mets. l. c.; a. v. fr. [Frequ. האי גברא, or ההוא, euphem. for I, or thou; v. ההוא.]—Bekh. 36ᵃ בלא גברא (Rashi גברי) without naming an authority.—Pl. גַּבְרִין, גַּבְרַיָּיא, גַּבְרֵי. Targ. O. Deut. I, 13; a. v. fr.—Lev. R. s. 23 יהוון גַּבְ׳ בכל מילייא (Cant. R. to II, 2 גּוּבְרִין) they shall be strong (trained) in all things. B. Kam. 92ᵇ (prov.) כד הוינן זוטרי לג׳ וכ׳ when we were young, we were esteemed as men, now that we are old &c.; a. v. fr.—Keth. 6ᵃ בלא ג׳, v. supra. Ib. 53ᵇ סימן דגברי ש̇ק̇ ז̇ר̇ף̇ the mnemonical sign for the authorities quoted is &c. (ש̇שת, לק̇יש, אלעז̇ר, ר̇בא, פ̇פא).—Fem. גְּבַרְתָּא, only assumed for argument, v. אַנְתְּרוֹפִי. V. also גּוּבְרָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (12); men (4); of (2).

In the verses

Ezra 5:4 · tree →

אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

Word for word: then as.follows we.said to them what? [are].they the.names of the.men who this the building [are].building

JPS 1917: 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

Daniel 6:12 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: then the men these they.came.as.a.crowd and they.found (et) Daniel asking and imploring.favor before God his

JPS 1917: Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 24 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 274 times there, in the forms גְבַר (177); וּגְבַר (37); גְּבַר (34); לִגְבַר (23); דִגְבַר (2).

Numbers 31:53 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

גַבְרֵי דְחֵילָא בָּזוּ גְבַר לְנַפְשֵׁיהּ

אַנְשֵׁי֙ הַצָּבָ֔א בָּזְז֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לֽוֹ׃

Word for word: the.men of the.army they.had.taken.plunder everyone for himself

JPS 1917: For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. —

Leviticus 25:13 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

בְּשַׁתָּא דְיוֹבֵלָא הָדָא תְּתוּבוּן גְבַר לְאַחֲסַנְתֵּהּ

בִּשְׁנַ֥ת הַיּוֹבֵ֖ל הַזֹּ֑את תָּשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ אֶל־אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: in the.year of the.jubilee (the) this you.will.return each.one to possession his

JPS 1917: In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession.

On Mova

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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