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שְׁמַם

Biblical Aramaic

be appalled — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

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

Daniel 4:16 · tree →

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.

On Mova

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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