נִשְׁמָה
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
breath tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
נִשְׁמָה: n.f. breath tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. breath (v. BH, √ נשׁם);—sf. נִשְׁמְתָךְ Dn 5:23, i.e. breath of life.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: breath (1).
In the verses
וְעַ֣ל מָרֵֽא־שְׁמַיָּ֣א ׀ הִתְרוֹמַ֡מְתָּ וּלְמָֽאנַיָּ֨א דִֽי־בַיְתֵ֜הּ הַיְתִ֣יו קָֽדָמָ֗ךְ וְאַ֨נְתְּ וְרַבְרְבָנָ֜ךְשֵֽׁגְלָתָ֣ךְ וּלְחֵנָתָךְ֮ חַמְרָא֮ שָׁתַ֣יִן בְּהוֹן֒ וְלֵֽאלָהֵ֣י כַסְפָּֽא־וְ֠דַהֲבָא נְחָשָׁ֨א פַרְזְלָ֜א אָעָ֣א וְאַבְנָ֗א דִּ֠י לָֽא־חָזַ֧יִן וְלָא־שָׁמְעִ֛ין וְלָ֥א יָדְעִ֖ין שַׁבַּ֑חְתָּ וְלֵֽאלָהָ֞א דִּֽי־נִשְׁמְתָ֥ךְ בִּידֵ֛הּ וְכָל־אֹרְחָתָ֥ךְ לֵ֖הּ לָ֥א הַדַּֽרְתָּ׃
Word for word: and against the.lord of the.heavens you.have.lifted.yourself.up and (et) the vessels (diy).of house his they.have.brought before you and you and nobles your wives your and concubines your (the) wine [are].drinking with them and.(et) the gods of.(the) silver and (the) gold (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone who not [are].seeing and not [are].hearing and not [are].knowing you.have.praised and (et) the God who breath your [is].in hand his and all ways your [are].to him not you.have.glorified
JPS 1917: but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy consorts and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified;
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