גְּדַד

Biblical Aramaic

hew down — 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

hew down tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גְּדַד: vb. hew down tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. hew down (𝔗J; Syriac (rare); BH cut);— Imv. mpl. גֹּ֫דּוּ אִילָנָא (K§ 46, Beisp. α) Dn 4:11, 20.

Jastrow 1903

גְּדַד

The whole Jastrow entry

[Dan. IV, 11; 20.] Targ. Deut. XIV, 1 תְגוּדוּן, v. preced. Hithpol.—Bets. 6ᵃ אפי׳ למֵיגַד ליה וכ׳ Ar. a. Ms. M. (ed. למֵיגַז) even to cut a shroud for him (the dead, on the second Holy Day); Sabb. 150ᵇ, v. גְּזַז.

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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cut down! (2).

In the verses

Daniel 4:11 · tree →

קָרֵ֨א בְחַ֜יִל וְכֵ֣ן אָמַ֗ר גֹּ֤דּוּ אִֽילָנָא֙ וְקַצִּ֣צוּ עַנְפ֔וֹהִי אַתַּ֥רוּ עָפְיֵ֖הּ וּבַדַּ֣רוּ אִנְבֵּ֑הּ תְּנֻ֤ד חֵֽיוְתָא֙ מִן־תַּחְתּ֔וֹהִי וְצִפְּרַיָּ֖א מִן־עַנְפֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: [he.was].proclaiming with power and as.follows [he.was].saying cut.down! the tree and cut.off! branches its strip.off! foliage its and scatter! fruit its let.it.flee the animal[s] from under it and the birds from branches its

JPS 1917: He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

Daniel 4:20 · tree →

וְדִ֣י חֲזָ֣ה מַלְכָּ֡א עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֣ישׁ נָחִ֣ת ׀ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֡א וְאָמַר֩ גֹּ֨דּוּ אִֽילָנָ֜א וְחַבְּל֗וּהִי בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֧ל שְׁמַיָּ֣א יִצְטַבַּ֗ע וְעִם־חֵיוַ֤ת בָּרָא֙ חֲלָקֵ֔הּ עַ֛ד דִּֽי־שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: and that he.saw the king a.watcher and a.holy.[one] coming.down from the heavens and saying cut.down! the tree and destroy it nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.[be] with the.animal[s] of the.field portion its until that seven times they.will.pass over it

JPS 1917: And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying: Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him —

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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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