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חֵסֶן

Biblical Aramaic

power — used 2 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

power tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫סֶן: n.m. power tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. (royal) power;—emph. חִסְנָא Dn 2:37; sf. חִסְנִי 4:27.

Jastrow 1903

חוֹסֶן: strength tow, oakum tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(חסן I; cmp. b. h. חָסוֹן) strength. Ex. R. s. 30 (ref. to Dan. IV, 27) הח׳ שלי the strength is Mine. tow, oakum. Sabb. II, 1, expl. ib. 20ᵇ ‘flax pounded but not carded’; Y. ib. II, beg. 4ᶜ

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 2:37 · tree →

אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֔א מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א דִּ֚י אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֥א חִסְנָ֛א וְתָקְפָּ֥א וִֽיקָרָ֖א יְהַב־לָֽךְ׃

Word for word: you O king [are].the.king of the.kings whom the.God of the.heavens the kingdom the power and the strength and the honor he.has.given to you

JPS 1917: Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

Daniel 4:27 · tree →

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃

Word for word: [was].replying the king and.[was] saying not? [is].this it Babylon (the) great which I I built.it to a.house of.a.kingdom by the.strength of my.power and for the.honor of my.majesty

JPS 1917: The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?'

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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