יַתִּיר

Biblical Aramaic

pre-eminent — used 8 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

pre-eminent tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַתִּיר: adj. pre-eminent, surpassing tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. pre-eminent, surpassing (v. BH יתר);—ms. abs. י׳ Dn 2:31; fs. יַתִּירָא 6:4, usually ה—ָ 4:33; 5:12, 14; as adv. exceedingly 3:22; 7:7, 19 (cf. יתיר מתבריך EutSin. 498 wh. Lzb 401 reads יתירית בריך).

Jastrow 1903

יַתִּיר II: Yattir tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Yattir, v. מְחַרְתָּא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (36 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: exceedingly (3); extraordinary (3); [was] extraordinary (1).

In the verses

Daniel 5:14 · tree →

וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה יַתִּירָ֖ה הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת בָּֽךְ׃

Word for word: and I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that a.spirit of.gods [is].in you and illumination and insight and wisdom extraordinary it.was.found in you

JPS 1917: I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.

Daniel 2:31 · tree →

אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֗א חָזֵ֤ה הֲוַ֙יְתָ֙ וַאֲל֨וּ צְלֵ֥ם חַד֙ שַׂגִּ֔יא צַלְמָ֨א דִּכֵּ֥ן רַ֛ב וְזִיוֵ֥הּ יַתִּ֖יר קָאֵ֣ם לְקָבְלָ֑ךְ וְרֵוֵ֖הּ דְּחִֽיל׃

Word for word: you O king seeing you.were and lo! an.image one great the image this [was].great and splendor its [was].extraordinary [was].standing (to) before you and appearance its [was].terrible

JPS 1917: Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

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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