נְצַח

Biblical Aramaic

distinguish oneself — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

distinguish oneself tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְצַח: vb. distinguish oneself tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. distinguish oneself (v. BH I. נצח);—Pt. מִתְנַצַּח Dn 6:4, עַל pers.

Jastrow 1903

נְצַח: to be glad, to sing to succeed, thrive to be victorious to conquer, overpower to cheer up, play to be bright, shine, excel to be defeated tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

to be glad, to sing. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 והוה נָצַח וכ׳ it flew singing among &c. to succeed, thrive. Targ. Koh. XI, 2. to be victorious. Targ. O. Ex. XXXII, 18, v. נַצְחָא; a. e.—Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ נַצְחוּ טליא the boys (John Hyrcan’s sons) have won the battle; Bab. Sot. 33ᵃ; Tosef. ib. XIII, 5. Tam. 32ᵃ, v. סִטְנָא; a. e. to conquer, overpower. Targ. Y. Num. XVI, 14; a. e.—Lam. R. to I, 13 (expl. וירדנה ib.) נַצְּחָהּ (not נצחא) he conquered her. to cheer up, play. Y. Ter. VIII, end, 46ᶜ וא׳ קדמיהון and played before them; (Gen. R. s. 63 מוזגה, v. מְזַג). to be bright, shine, excel. Targ. Ez. XIX, 11. Ib. XXXI, 8; a. e. to be defeated. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXII, 18.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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: distinguishing himself (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:4 · tree →

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃

Word for word: then Daniel this he.was distinguishing.himself over the overseers and the satraps as to because that a.spirit extraordinary [was].in him and the king [was].planning to appoint him over all the kingdom

JPS 1917: Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

On Mova

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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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