עֲשִׁת
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
think tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עֲשִׁת: vb. think, plan tree →
The whole BDB entry
(K§§ 38, 1 α); 17, 2 Anm. 2) vb. think, plan (BH II. עשׁת (q.v.) as Aramaism; 𝔗 אִתְעַשֵּׁת, not Syriac);—Pf. 3 ms. (strictly Pt. pass. NöGGA 1884, 1019; Syriac Gr. § 280 M 78*) ע׳ Dn 6:4, sq. inf., plan to do so and so.
Jastrow 1903
עֲשַׁת: to make strong, harden, forge firmly determined to forge to plan, devise tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
(cmp. עשש) to make strong, harden, forge.—[Dan. VI, 4 עֲשִׁית firmly determined.] (denom. of תעשת = next w.) to forge; trnsf. (cmp. חָרַשׁ) to plan, devise. Targ. Is. XXXII, 6. Ib. XXXIII, 11. Targ. Jer. V, 26. Targ. II Sam. XX, 15.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [was] planning (1).
In the verses
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.
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