תְּלַת
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
a third part tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
תְּלַת: third part tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] a third part (so 𝔗 תֻּלְתָּא, תַּלְתָּא, Syriac ܬܽܘܠܬܳܐ, Nab. תלת SAC 121, Arabic ثُلُثٌ, ثُلْثٌ, Assyrian šulultu (= šuluštu) MeissnSuppl. 95, cf. DlWB; v. also M88 Dr Dn 5:7);—emph. תַּלְתָּא adv. as one of three Dn 5:16, 29 (Bev the third day, every three days, v. So in M 88).
Jastrow 1903
תְּלַת: three on the third thirteen thirty tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
= h. שָׁלשׁ, three; בת׳ on the third (day &c.). Targ. O. Gen. XV, 9 תְּלָתָה ed. Berl. (oth. ed. תִּלְתָּא, read תְּלָתָא); Targ. Y. ib. בר תלת שנין (h. text משלש). Targ. Num. XII, 4. Ib. XXIX, 3; a. v. fr.—Sabb. 87ᵃ בת׳ (sub. בשבא) on the third day of the week. Ib. 36ᵃ הני ת׳ מילי וכ׳, v. שְׁנֵי. Meg. 6ᵇ ת׳ מאה וכ׳, v. תָּגָא; a. v. fr.—תלת עסר (תלתא), ת׳ עשר, ת׳ עשרה, תְּלֵיסַר, תְּלֵיסְרֵי, תִּלְתֵּיסַר thirteen. Targ. Num. XXIX, 13, sq. Targ. Gen. XIV, 4; a. fr.—Ber. 4ᵃ באורתא דת׳ וכ׳, v. נֵגְהָא. Keth. 67ᵇ דלא … תליסרי שנין whom he had not seen for thirteen years. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ לסוף תלת עשרתי וכ׳ at the end of thirteen years and thirty days; a. fr.—Pl. תְּלָתִין thirty. Targ. Gen. V, 3; a. v. fr.—Sabb. 98ᵇ. Y. Kil. l. c. כל אינון תַּלְתּוֹיֵי יומיא all these thirty days. Ib. לסוף … ותַלְתָּתוֹי יומייא, v. supra; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ bot. תַּלְתִּיתֵי; ib. תְּלֵיתִיתֵי. Y. Shebi. IX, 38ᵈ bot. תְּלָתִים שנין thirty years; a. fr.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: third (2).
In the verses
בֵּאדַ֣יִן ׀ אֲמַ֣ר בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֗ר וְהַלְבִּ֤ישׁוּ לְדָֽנִיֵּאל֙ אַרְגְּוָנָ֔א וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֥א דִֽי־דַהֲבָ֖א עַֽל־צַוְּארֵ֑הּ וְהַכְרִ֣זֽוּ עֲל֔וֹהִי דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֵ֥א שַׁלִּ֛יט תַּלְתָּ֖א בְּמַלְכוּתָֽא׃
Word for word: then he.said Belshazzar and they.clothed (et) Daniel (the) purple and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold [was].on neck his and they.made.proclamation concerning him (diy).that he.will.be a.ruler third in the kingdom
JPS 1917: Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him, that he should rule as one of three in the kingdom.
וַאֲנָה֙ שִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּֽי־תִיכּ֥וּלפִּשְׁרִ֛ין לְמִפְשַׁ֖ר וְקִטְרִ֣ין לְמִשְׁרֵ֑א כְּעַ֡ן הֵן֩ תִּכ֨וּל כְּתָבָ֜א לְמִקְרֵ֗א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ לְהוֹדָ֣עֻתַ֔נִי אַרְגְּוָנָ֣א תִלְבַּ֗שׁ וְהַֽמְנִיכָ֤אדִֽי־דַהֲבָא֙ עַֽל־צַוְּארָ֔ךְ וְתַלְתָּ֥א בְמַלְכוּתָ֖א תִּשְׁלַֽט׃פ
Word for word: and I I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that you.are.able interpretations to interpret and knots to loosen now if you.will.be.able the writing to read.aloud and interpretation its to make known.to.me (the) purple you.will.be.clothed and (the) necklace (diy).of (the) gold [will.be].on neck your and third in the kingdom you.will.rule
JPS 1917: But I have heard of thee, that thou canst give interpretations, and loose knots; now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt rule as one of three in the kingdom.'
In Targum Onkelos
Number 120 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 50 times there, in the forms תְּלַת (29); וּתְלַת (7); וּתְלָת (5); תְּלָת (3); בִּתְלַת (2).
Exodus 23:14 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
תְּלַת זִמְנִין תֵּחוֹג קֳדָמַי בְּשַׁתָּא:
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ רְגָלִ֔ים תָּחֹ֥ג לִ֖י בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃
Word for word: three feet you.will.celebrate.a.festival to me in the year
JPS 1917: Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto Me in the year.
Numbers 2:13 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew
וְחֵילֵהּ וּמִנְיָנֵיהוֹן חַמְשִׁין וּתְשַׁע אַלְפִין וּתְלַת מְאָה
וּצְבָא֖וֹ וּפְקֻדֵיהֶ֑ם תִּשְׁעָ֧ה וַחֲמִשִּׁ֛ים אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃
Word for word: and his.military group and their.enrolled [men] [were].nine and fifty thousand and three hundred(s)
JPS 1917: and his host, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and nine thousand and three hundred;
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