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דּוּרָא

Biblical Aramaic

Dura — 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

Dura tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דּוּרָא: n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.loc. near Bab., only בִּקְעֶת ד׳ Dn 3:1, 𝔊 τοῦ περιβόλου (Syro-Hex. περίβολον), Θ Δεειρα; Dûru is name of several places in Babylonia DlPar. 216; Baer Dn. p. x, cf.AndrM 58*; Hoffm Pers. Märtyrer 164 f.; name of small river and mounds Opp Expéd. i. 238 f. (v. Dr); improb. expl. as = زور zôr, depression (name actually used of lower Euphr. and Tigris valleys) by Wetzst De Jes3 701 f.; Bab. dûru = wall.

Jastrow 1903

*דּוּרָא IV: Be-Dura Davvara tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, or דַּוָּרָא, בֵּי ך׳ (cmp. דַּוָּאר I) Be-Dura (Davvara), a station near Hagronia. Ber. 31ᵃ ed. (Ms. M. דיירא, without בי; Ms. F. בי דירא; oth. var. דראי, דרא, בי דודא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 3:1 · tree →

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃

Word for word: Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its [was].cubits sixty width its [was].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon

JPS 1917: Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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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