לְוָת
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
to tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
לְוָת: prep. to, at, beside tree →
The whole BDB entry
prep. to, at, beside (der. uncertain; v.K 128 n.; perhaps akin to לָוָה, לְוִי, ܠܘܺܝ join; 𝔗 לְוָת, Syriac ܠܘܳܬ to), c. מִן, Ezr 4:12 the Jews which came up מִן־לְוָתָךְ from thee (de chez toi; cf. ܡܶܢ ܠܘܳܬ, מִלְּוַת, e.g. Ex 8:8; 9:33 𝔖 𝔗 = Heb. מֵעִם).
Jastrow 1903
לְוָת: unto; with unto me, unto thee from the presence of tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
(v. יַת, כְּוָת)unto; with. Targ. Gen. II, 19 לְוַת (constr.); a. v. fr.—With suff. לְוָתִי, לְוָתָךְ &c. unto me, unto thee &c. Ib. XXXIX, 15, sq. (h. text אֵצֶל); a. v. fr.—מִלְּוַת from the presence of. Targ. Ex. IX, 33; a. e.—B. Kam. 111ᵇ; B. Mets. 62ᵇ bot. כי שכיבנא … נפק לוותי when I die, R. O. shall come to meet me; a. fr.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: beside (1).
In the verses
יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃
Word for word: known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil [they.are].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing
JPS 1917: be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.
In Targum Onkelos
Number 65 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 92 times there, in the forms לְוָת (54); לְוָתִי (32); וּלְוָת (6).
Genesis 44:21 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
וַאֲמַרְתָּ לְעַבְדָּיךְ אֲחִיתוֹהִי לְוָתִי וֶאֱשַׁוֵּי עֵינִי עֲלוֹהִי
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ אֵלָ֑י וְאָשִׂ֥ימָה עֵינִ֖י עָלָֽיו׃
Word for word: and you.said to servants your bring him.down to me so that.I.may.set eye my on him
JPS 1917: And thou saidst unto thy servants: Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Genesis 15:15 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
וְאַתְּ תֵעוֹל לְוָת אַבָהָתָךְ בִּשְׁלָם תִּתְקְבַר בְּסֵיבוּ טָבָא
וְאַתָּ֛ה תָּב֥וֹא אֶל־אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם תִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָֽה׃
Word for word: and you you.will.go to ancestors your in peace you.will.be.buried in old.age good
JPS 1917: But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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