עֲלַע
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
rib tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עֲלַע: n.f. rib tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. rib (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH I. צלע, צֵלָע);—pl. abs. עִלְעִין Dn 7:5.
Jastrow 1903
עֲלַע: side, rib beam, board tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
= h. צֵלַע, side, rib. Targ. O. Gen. II, 22 (Y. ed. Vien. עִילָאָה; ib. 21 עִלָּאָה).—Trnsf. beam, board. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIV, 19 ע׳ מן בית אבא a board of my father’s house (a member of the family &c.).—Pl. עִלְעִין, עִילְ׳. Targ. Gen. III, 21.
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, only a cross-reference (1 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 agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: ribs (1).
In the verses
וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃
Word for word: and lo! a.beast another a.second [was].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs [were].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows [they.were].saying to it arise devour! flesh much
JPS 1917: And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'
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