אֲרַע

Biblical Aramaic

earth — used 21 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

earth tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲרַע: earth tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.] earth (so 𝔗 Syriac; = BH אֶרֶץ, q.v.);—emph. אַרְעָא Dn 2:35, 39 + 16 times Dn, Ezr 5:11; Je 10:11b; אַ֫רְעָא (D§§ 9, 5 a; 44, 1 n) = אֲרַע + א—ָ of direction, earthward, i.e. downward, אַרְעָא מִנָּךְ Dn 2:39 Kt lower than thou, i.e. inferior to thee Qr אֲרַע (cf.𝔗 אֲרַע מִן Ru 4:4);—Je 10:11a v. [אֲרַק].

Jastrow 1903

אֲרַע II: Pa tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(Targ. Y., O. usu. עֲרַע q. v.), Pa. אָרַע, אַרַע same. Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 2; a. fr. Targ. O. Num. X, 2 לעָרָעָה ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לאַרְעָא); (Targ. Y. לעָרָעָא, לעַרְעָא!). [Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 4 דִּי יִתְרְעוּן, corr. די תְאַרְעוּן. Ib. 21, a gloss חיין וקיימין הי בזמן ref. to the festive benediction שהחייני וקימנו וכ׳.]—Denom. מְאַרְעָא, מְעַרְעָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (16); of (4); earthward (1).

In the verses

Daniel 7:17 · tree →

אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

Word for word: these the beasts (the) great which they [are].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

JPS 1917: 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

Daniel 4:7 · tree →

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Word for word: and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its [was].great

JPS 1917: Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

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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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