שְׁמַם
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
be appalled tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
שְׁמַם: vb. Ethpôʿal be appalled tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. Ethpôʿal be appalled (𝔗 (rare); v. BH Chr-Pal. ܫܡ, Schulth209);—Pf. 3 ms. אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם (K§ 36) Dn 4:16.
Jastrow 1903
שְׁמַם: to be desolate to be confounded, mad to be perplexed tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
to be desolate. Targ. Lam. IV, 5. to be confounded, mad. Targ. I Sam. XXI, 14 (h. text ויתהלל). to be perplexed. Ḥull. 21ᵃ א׳ כשעה חדא (fr. Dan. IV, 16) he was perplexed for a moment (knew not what to answer).
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: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he was appalled (1).
In the verses
אֱדַ֨יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֜אל דִּֽי־שְׁמֵ֣הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם֙ כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה וְרַעְיֹנֹ֖הִי יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֗ר בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ חֶלְמָ֤א וּפִשְׁרֵא֙ אַֽל־יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְ עָנֵ֤ה בֵלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מָרִ֕י חֶלְמָ֥א לְשָֽׂנְאָ֖ךְ וּפִשְׁרֵ֥הּ לְעָרָֽךְ׃
Word for word: then Daniel who name his [was].Belteshazzar he.was.appalled about a.moment one and thoughts his they alarmed.him [was].replying the king and.[was] saying O.Belteshazzar the dream and its interpretation not let it.alarm.you [was].replying Belteshazzar and.[was] saying O my.lord the dream [be].for enemy your and interpretation its [be].for adversaries your
JPS 1917: Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while, and his thoughts affrighted him. The king spoke and said: 'Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, affright thee.' Belteshazzar answered and said: 'My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.
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