Elamur Dictionary⌕
☰
dictionaries / Biblical Aramaic / א‎ / אֲתַר‎

אֲתַר

Biblical Aramaic

place — used 5 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

place tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲתַר: n.m. place tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. place (so Egyptian Aramaic, Nab., Palm.; 𝔗; Syriac ܐܰܬܰܪ place; Zinj. אשר Lzb 229 f.; Arabic إِثْرٌ footstep; cf.Heb. אֲשׁוּר, and sub אֲשֶׁר);—place: Dn 2:35 וְכָל־אֲתַר לָא־הִשְׁתְּכַח לְהוֹן, Ezr 5:15 וּבֵית אֱלָהָא יִתְבְּנֵא עַל־אַתְרֵהּ, 6:3, 5, 7. Hence בָּאתַר (Dn 7:6 Baer בָּתַר) after (lit. in the track of: so Zinj. באשר (Cooke 160 f., 170), Palm. 𝔗 בָּתַר, Syriac ܒܳܬܰܪ ), בָּאתַר דְּנָה after this, Dn 7:6, 7, sf. Dn 2:39 וּבָֽתְרָךְ and after thee.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

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

In the verses

Ezra 6:7 · tree →

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

JPS 1917: let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

Ezra 5:15 · tree →

וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

Word for word: and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which [is].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

JPS 1917: and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

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).

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/אתר/