אֶבֶן

Biblical Aramaic

stone — used 8 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

stone tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֶ֫בֶן: n.f. stone tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. Dn 2:34 stone (BH id.);—abs. א׳ Dn 2:34 +; emph. אַבְנָא v 35;— a (the) stone Dn 2:34, 35, 45; 6:18. stone, material of idols 5:4, 23; of buildings Ezr 5:8; 6:4.

Jastrow 1903

אֶבֶן ²: weight-stones black marble stone tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. Gen. XXVIII, 18; a. fr.—Pl. אַבְנַיָּא, אַבְנֵי, אַבְנִין. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 11; a. fr. Lev. R. s. 16; a. e.—א׳ דאכפא weight-stones, to prevent the sheaves being blown away. B. Bath. 69ᵃ.—א׳ דכוחלא black marble stone. Kidd. 12ᵃ. [Targ. Prov. XXIII, 28, read with Ms. Luzz. וצאדא בניא שברי and captures foolish sons.] [Y. B. Bath. II, 13ᶜ … דיין אבן corrupt a. defective.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a stone (3); (the) (2); stone (2).

In the verses

Ezra 6:4 · tree →

נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃

Word for word: rows (diy).of stone of.rolling three and a.row (diy).of timber new and the expense from the.house of the.king let.it.be.given

JPS 1917: with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

Daniel 5:4 · tree →

אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃

Word for word: they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone

JPS 1917: They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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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