דְּהַב

Biblical Aramaic

gold — used 23 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

gold tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דְּהַב: n.m. gold tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 2:32 gold (so 𝔗 Syriac; BH זָהֶב);—abs. ד׳ Dn 2:32 +, דְּהַ֑ב Ezr 7:15; emph. דַּהֲבָה 5:14; 6:5; 7:18, -בָא Dn 2:35 + 15 times Dn.

Jastrow 1903

דְּהַב: gold tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, gold. Targ. Gen. II, 11; a. e.—Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ bot. קופד דד׳ a golden piece resembling meat; Tam. 32ᵃ; a. fr.—B. Mets. 70ᵃ; B. Bath. 166ᵃ ד׳ פריכא broken pieces of gold (for the melting pot). Ib. 165ᵇ ד׳ אין פחות וכ׳ if a note has the word ‘gold’ (without any further definition), it means no less than a Denar in gold (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of (the) (9); (the) (7); gold (4).

In the verses

Ezra 7:15 · tree →

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה כְּסַ֣ף וּדְהַ֑ב דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי הִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דִּ֥י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: and to carry silver and gold which the king and counselors his they.have.offered.freely to the.God of.Israel who [is].in Jerusalem abode his

JPS 1917: and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

Daniel 5:4 · tree →

אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃

Word for word: they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone

JPS 1917: They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 84 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 74 times there, in the forms דִדְהַב (47); דְהַב (23); וּדְהַב (3); דִּדְהַב (1).

Exodus 28:13 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְתַעְבֵּד מְרַמְצָן דִדְהַב:

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מִשְׁבְּצֹ֖ת זָהָֽב׃

Word for word: and you.will.make filigree.settings of.gold

JPS 1917: And thou shalt make settings of gold;

Exodus 25:38 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְצִבְיְתָהָא וּמַחְתְּיָתָהָא דִדְהַב דְכֵי:

וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃

Word for word: and tongs its and fire-pans its [will.be].gold pure

JPS 1917: And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.

On Mova

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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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