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כׇּרְסֵא

Biblical Aramaic

throne — used 3 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

throne tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּרְסֵא: n.m. throne tree →

The whole BDB entry

(K§§ 11, 4 b) ε); 62) n.m. Dn 7:9a throne;—cstr. כ׳ Dn 5:20; sf. כָּרְסְיֵהּ 7:9b; pl. abs. כָּרְסָוָן 7:9a.

Jastrow 1903

כּוּרְסַיָּא: divan, upholstered chair, throne. fem privies tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(used as sing.), constr. כּוּרְסֵי, כָּרְסֵא (כרס; cmp. כַּר) divan, upholstered chair, throne. Dan. V, 20; VII, 9.—Targ. I Kings X, 19. Targ. Ex. XVII, 16; a. fr.—Ḥull. 59ᵇ [read:] נפל מִכּוּרְסַיֵּיה וכ׳ he fell from his throne to the ground. Yeb. 118ᵇ; Keth. 75ᵃ דשומשנא גברא כּוּרְסְיָהּ … רמי לה if her husband be (as small as) an ant, put up her seat among the women of nobility, i.e. a woman feels elevated by marriage. Yeb. 83ᵇ אותבוה אבי כורסי׳ they put him on an operator’s chair. Ib. 110ᵃ אותבוה אבי כ׳ ואהדרוה Ar. (ed. omit ואהדרוה) they put her on a bridal chair (v. אַפִּרְיוֹן) and carried her around in procession. Lev. R. s. 27 תחות כ׳ דאמהון under their mothers’ chair (of delivery); Midr. Till. to Ps. II; Yalk. Ex. 165; Yalk. Esth. 1055 (only תחות כורסי). Gitt. 35ᵃ הפכוה לכוּרְסְיֵה (fem.) turn his judicial chair over; הפכוה לכ׳ ותרצוה (Rashi: הפכו) they turned his chair over and set it up again; a. fr.—Pl. כּוּרְסָוָון, כָּרְסָוָן, כּוּרְסְוָתָא. Dan. VII, 9 (cited Ḥag. 14ᵃ; Snh. 38ᵇ). Targ. Ps. CXXII, 5.—Koh. R. to III, 9 אית דאייתי כ׳ some brought divans (for the banquet). Ib. to I, 8 (in Hebr. Dict.) יעשו כ׳ לרבים (sub. בתי) let them be made into privies for the public.

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

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:20 · tree →

וּכְדִי֙ רִ֣ם לִבְבֵ֔הּ וְרוּחֵ֖הּ תִּֽקְפַ֣ת לַהֲזָדָ֑ה הָנְחַת֙ מִן־כָּרְסֵ֣א מַלְכוּתֵ֔הּ וִֽיקָרָ֖ה הֶעְדִּ֥יוּ מִנֵּֽהּ׃

Word for word: and as that it.rose.up heart his and spirit his it.grew.strong to act.presumptuously he.was.deposed from the.throne of his.kingdom and the honor they.removed from him

JPS 1917: But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;

Daniel 7:9 · tree →

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

Word for word: seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.[one] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow [was].white and the.hair of his.head like wool [was].pure throne his [was].flames (diy).of fire wheels its [were].fire burning

JPS 1917: I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

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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