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בָּעוּ

Biblical Aramaic

petition — used 2 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

petition tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בָּעוּ: n.f. petition tree →

The whole BDB entry

(K§ 61, 4) n.f. petition (𝔗 Syriac);—abs. ב׳ Dn 6:8; sf. בָּעוּתֵהּ v 14 (both acc. cogn. c. בְּעָא).

Jastrow 1903

בָּעוּ: prayer pray tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(בעי) prayer. Targ. Jer. VII, 16. Targ. II Sam. VII, 20; a. fr.—בְּבָעוּ (in prayer) I pray (h. בִּי, נָא). Targ. Gen. XIX, 7. Ib. XLIV, 18; a. v. fr. [Targ. Ps. XLIII, 4, v. בּוּעֲתָא II.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 6:14 · tree →

בֵּ֠אדַיִן עֲנ֣וֹ וְאָמְרִין֮ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּא֒ דִּ֣י דָנִיֵּ֡אל דִּי֩ מִן־בְּנֵ֨י גָלוּתָ֜א דִּ֣י יְה֗וּד לָא־שָׂ֨ם עֲלָ֤ךְ מַלְכָּא֙ טְעֵ֔ם וְעַל־אֱסָרָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשַׁ֑מְתָּ וְזִמְנִ֤ין תְּלָתָה֙ בְּיוֹמָ֔א בָּעֵ֖א בָּעוּתֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: then they.replied and.[were] saying before the king (diy).that Daniel who [is].one.of the.sons of the.exile (diy).of Judah not he.has.set to you O king discretion and to the prohibition which you.signed and times three in the day [he.is].asking petition his

JPS 1917: Then answered they and said before the king: 'That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.'

Daniel 6:8 · tree →

אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗א סִגְנַיָּ֤א וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א לְקַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔א וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל־דִּֽי־יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃

Word for word: they.took.counsel.together all the.overseers of the.kingdom the prefects and the satraps the counselors and the governors to establish the.statute of the.king and to make.stringent a.prohibition (diy).that every [one].who he.will.ask a.petition from any god and person until days thirty except from you O king he.will.be.thrown to the.den of the.lions

JPS 1917: All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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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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