עִלָּה

Biblical Aramaic

matter — 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

matter tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עִלָּה²: n.f. matter, affair, occasion tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. matter, affair, occasion (Syriac ܥܶܠܬܳܐ, v. BH I. עלל);—abs. ע׳ Dn 6:5(×2), 6 (= ground of accusation).

Jastrow 1903

עִלָּה

The whole Jastrow entry

, v. עִילָה

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, only a cross-reference (12 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: occasion (2); an occasion (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:6 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ אָֽמְרִ֔ין דִּ֣י לָ֧א נְהַשְׁכַּ֛ח לְדָנִיֵּ֥אל דְּנָ֖ה כָּל־עִלָּ֑א לָהֵ֕ן הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה עֲל֖וֹהִי בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃ס

Word for word: then the men these [were].saying (diy).that not we.will.find to Daniel this any occasion except we.have.found concerning him in the.law of his.God

JPS 1917: Then said these men: 'We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him in the matter of the law of his God.'

Daniel 6:5 · tree →

אֱדַ֨יִן סָֽרְכַיָּ֜א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֗א הֲו֨וֹ בָעַ֧יִן עִלָּ֛ה לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֥ה לְדָנִיֵּ֖אל מִצַּ֣ד מַלְכוּתָ֑א וְכָל־עִלָּ֨ה וּשְׁחִיתָ֜ה לָא־יָכְלִ֣ין לְהַשְׁכָּחָ֗ה כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְהֵימַ֣ן ה֔וּא וְכָל־שָׁלוּ֙ וּשְׁחִיתָ֔ה לָ֥א הִשְׁתְּכַ֖חַת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: then the overseers and the satraps they.were seeking an.occasion to find to Daniel from the.side of the.kingdom and any occasion and corruption not [they.were].able to find as to because that [was].trustworthy he and any negligence and corruption not it.was.found concerning him

JPS 1917: Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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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