גַּף

Biblical Aramaic

wing — used 3 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

wing tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

גַּף: n.f. wing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. Dn 7:4 wing of bird (𝔗 גַּף, גַּפָּא, גַּנְפָּא (? DWB 79), Syriac ܓܶܦܳܐ; akin to BH אֲגַף, Assyrian agappu? according to NöM 77 (cf.Mand. גאדפא, 𝔗 גַּדְפָּא), Id. GGA, 1884, 1019, √ גדף, Arabic جَذَفَ, جَدَفَ fly, row (but this loan-word Frä 227));—pl. abs. wings, גַּפִּין Dn 7:4, 6; sf. גַּפַּיהּ v 4 Kt (Qr sg. גַּפַּהּ).

Jastrow 1903

גַּף I: body alone tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, v. גּוּף) body. בְּגַפּוֹ alone; explained Kidd. 20ᵃ בגופו נכנס בגופו יצא he came with his body, and so he shall go out, i.e. he has no claim for injuries received during servitude; oth. expl. יחידי נכנס וכ׳ if he entered a single man, he must leave a single man, i.e. his master has no right to give him a Canaanite slave for propagating purposes.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 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: wings (3).

In the verses

Daniel 7:6 · tree →

בָּאתַ֨ר דְּנָ֜ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית וַאֲר֤וּ אָֽחֳרִי֙ כִּנְמַ֔ר וְלַ֨הּ גַּפִּ֥ין אַרְבַּ֛ע דִּי־ע֖וֹף עַל־גַּבַּ֑הּ וְאַרְבְּעָ֤ה רֵאשִׁין֙ לְחֵ֣יוְתָ֔א וְשָׁלְטָ֖ן יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃

Word for word: after this seeing I.was and lo! another like a.leopard and to it wings four (diy).of a.bird [were].on back its and four heads [were].to the beast and dominion it.was.given to it

JPS 1917: After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the sides of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Daniel 7:4 · tree →

קַדְמָיְתָ֣א כְאַרְיֵ֔ה וְגַפִּ֥ין דִּֽי־נְשַׁ֖ר לַ֑הּ חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּי־מְּרִ֨יטוּ גַפַּ֜יהּ וּנְטִ֣ילַת מִן־אַרְעָ֗א וְעַל־רַגְלַ֙יִן֙ כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ הֳקִימַ֔ת וּלְבַ֥ב אֱנָ֖שׁ יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃

Word for word: the first [was].like a.lion and wings (diy).of an.eagle [were].to it seeing I.was until that they.were.plucked.off wings its and it.was.lifted away.from the earth and on two.feet like a.human it.was.made.to.stand and a.heart of.a.human it.was.given to it

JPS 1917: The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

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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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