מְדֹור
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
dwelling-place tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מְדָר: n.m. id. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. id.;—sf. מְדָֽרְהוֹן Dn 2:11.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: their dwelling (1).
In the verses
וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי׃
Word for word: and the matter which the king [is].asking [is].difficult and.[is] another not there who he will.declare.it before the king except gods who their.dwelling place [is].with (the) flesh not there it
JPS 1917: And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'
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