צְלֵם

Biblical Aramaic

image — used 17 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

image tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צְלֵם: n.m. image tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 2:31 image (v. BH צלם);—abs. צ׳ Dn 2:31; 3:1; cstr. צ׳ 3:19, צֶ֫לֶם v 5 +; emph. צַלְמָא 2:31 +;—image Dn 2:31(×2), 32, 34, 35; 3:1 + 10 times 3; צ׳ אַנְפּוֹהִי 3:19 i.e. his expression.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: 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: the image (7); the (6); an image (2).

In the verses

Daniel 2:32 · tree →

ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

Word for word: that the image head its [was].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its [were].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its [were].(diy).of bronze

JPS 1917: As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

Daniel 3:1 · tree →

נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃

Word for word: Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its [was].cubits sixty width its [was].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon

JPS 1917: Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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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