זַן

Biblical Aramaic

kind — used 4 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

kind tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זַן: kind, sort tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] kind, sort (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH);—pl. cstr. זְנֵי זְמָרָא Dn 3:5, 7, 10, 15.

Jastrow 1903

זַן: quality, nature; kind, species tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

; Syr. זן qualitas, modus, P. Sm. 1138, sq.; cmp. זֶה, a. מִין a. מַה) quality, nature; kind, species. Targ. Gen. I, 11 לִזְנֵיהּ after its kind. Targ. Lev. XI, 14 לִזְנָהּ; a. v. fr.—Ber. 32ᵃ (prov.) מלי כרסיה זנא בישא Ar. (ed. זְנֵי בישי) filled stomachs are a bad sort (plenty is tempting).—Pl. זְנֵי, זֵינֵי. Targ. Gen. I, 21; a. fr.—Dan. II, 5, v. זְמָרָא.—B. Kam. 16ᵇ (expl. זנים, II Chr. XVI, 14) זני זני Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. זיני) various species.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 3:5 · tree →

בְּעִדָּנָ֡א דִּֽי־תִשְׁמְע֡וּן קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרוֹקִיתָא קַתְר֨וֹס סַבְּכָ֤א פְּסַנְתֵּרִין֙ סוּמְפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א תִּפְּל֤וּן וְתִסְגְּדוּן֙ לְצֶ֣לֶם דַּהֲבָ֔א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: at the time which you.will.hear the.sound of the.horn the flute zither trigon harp pipe and all (the).kinds of.(the) music you.will.fall.down and you.will.pay.homage to the.image of.(the) gold which he.has.set.up Nebuchadnezzar the king

JPS 1917: that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up;

Daniel 3:10 · tree →

אַ֣נְתְּ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣מְתָּ טְּעֵם֒ דִּ֣י כָל־אֱנָ֡שׁ דִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֡ע קָ֣ל קַרְנָ֣א מַ֠שְׁרֹקִיתָא קַתְר֨וֹס שַׂבְּכָ֤א פְסַנְתֵּרִין֙ וְסוּפֹּ֣נְיָ֔ה וְכֹ֖ל זְנֵ֣י זְמָרָ֑א יִפֵּ֥ל וְיִסְגֻּ֖ד לְצֶ֥לֶם דַּהֲבָֽא׃

Word for word: you O king you.made a.decree (diy).that every person who he.will.hear the.sound of the.horn the flute zither trigon harp and pipe and all (the).kinds of.(the) music he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage to the.image of.(the) gold

JPS 1917: Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;

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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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