דִּבְרָה

Biblical Aramaic

cause — 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

cause tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דִּבְרָה: cause, reason tree →

The whole BDB entry

n. f. cause, reason (BH id., √ דבר, cf.על דבר Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap. B 5.6.8.16);—cstr. in adv. phr. עַל־דִּבְרַת דִּי Dn 2:30 for the cause (to the intent) that, 4:14 (read עֶל for עַד K§ 11, 2 Bev).

Jastrow 1903

דִּבְּרָה

The whole Jastrow entry

, pl. דִּבְּרוֹת, v. דִּיבֵּר.

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 without dagesh, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [the] cause (2).

In the verses

Daniel 2:30 · tree →

וַאֲנָ֗ה לָ֤א בְחָכְמָה֙ דִּֽי־אִיתַ֥י בִּי֙ מִן־כָּל־חַיַּיָּ֔א רָזָ֥א דְנָ֖ה גֱּלִ֣י לִ֑י לָהֵ֗ן עַל־דִּבְרַת֙ דִּ֤י פִשְׁרָא֙ לְמַלְכָּ֣א יְהוֹדְע֔וּן וְרַעְיוֹנֵ֥י לִבְבָ֖ךְ תִּנְדַּֽע׃

Word for word: and I not by wisdom which there [is].in me more.than all the.living [people] the secret this it.has.been.revealed to me but on [the].cause (of).that the interpretation to the king they.will.make.known and the.thoughts of your.heart you.will.know

JPS 1917: But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel 4:14 · tree →

בִּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִירִין֙ פִּתְגָמָ֔א וּמֵאמַ֥ר קַדִּישִׁ֖ין שְׁאֵֽלְתָ֑א עַד־דִּבְרַ֡ת דִּ֣י יִנְדְּע֣וּן חַ֠יַּיָּא דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֨יט עִלָּאָ֜ה בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֗אוּלְמַן־דִּ֤י יִצְבֵּא֙ יִתְּנִנַּ֔הּ וּשְׁפַ֥ל אֲנָשִׁ֖ים יְקִ֥ים עֲלַֽהּ׃

Word for word: [is].by.[the] decree of.watchers the command and [is.by.the].word of.holy.[ones] the affair to [the].cause (of).that they.will.know the.living [people] (diy).that [is].having.mastery the.Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he will.give.it and a.lowly.[one] of.humankind he.will.set.up over it

JPS 1917: The matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men.

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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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