דְּכַר

Biblical Aramaic

ram — 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

ram tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דְּכַר: n.m. ram tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. ram (𝔗 דִּכְרָא, Syriac ܕܶܟܪܳܐ id., also (and primarily) male, v. BH זָכָר);—pl. דִּכְרִין for sacrifice Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:17.

Jastrow 1903

דְּכַר II: marked male, man the male of the flock, ram Pl. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

= h. זָכָר [marked,] male, man. Targ. Gen. I, 27; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 33 בר דְּ׳ male offspring, opp. ברתא נוקבא. Bets. 7ᵃ ביעי דדִכְ׳ eggs originating from fructification by a cock, opp. דספנא וכ׳ from self-friction. Pes. 56ᵃ כופרא די׳, v. כּוּפְרָא III.—Pl. דִּכְרִין, דִּכְרַיָּא, דִּכְרֵי, דִּי׳, דּוּ. Targ. Ex. XIII, 15; a. fr.—Keth. IV, 10 (52ᵇ) בנין דיכרין male issue, opp. בנן נוקבן. Gen. R. l. c. הוא מן ד׳ וכ׳ he is a descendant of Judah by the male side. (sub. דענא) the male of the flock, ram. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. as above. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 1; a. fr.—Ḥull. 51ᵃ הנהו ד׳ וכ׳ wethers which thieves carried off (by throwing them over the fence)—Gen. R. s. 70, end, v. דִּכְרָנִי. [עינבי דיכרין, v. כְּרוּמָא a. כְּרַהּ.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rams (3).

In the verses

Ezra 6:17 · tree →

וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

JPS 1917: And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

Ezra 7:17 · tree →

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

Word for word: as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which [is].in Jerusalem

JPS 1917: therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

In Targum Onkelos

Number 118 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 50 times there, in the forms דְכַר (28); וּדְכַר (12); דְּכַר (9); לִדְכַר (1).

Exodus 29:31 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְיָת דְכַר קֻרְבָּנַיָא תִּסָב וּתְבַשֵׁל יָת בִּסְרֵהּ בַּאֲתַר קַדִישׁ:

וְאֵ֛ת אֵ֥יל הַמִּלֻּאִ֖ים תִּקָּ֑ח וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בְּמָקֹ֥ם קָדֹֽשׁ׃

Word for word: and (et) the.ram of.(the) installation.offering(s) you.will.take and you.will.boil (et) meat its in a.place holy

JPS 1917: And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.

Leviticus 19:21 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְיַיְתִי יָת אַשְׁמֵהּ קֳדָם יְיָ לִתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא דְכַר לַאֲשָׁמָא

וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד אֵ֖יל אָשָֽׁם׃

Word for word: and he.will.bring (et) offering his.guilt to Yahweh to the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting a.ram of.a.guilt.offering

JPS 1917: And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering.

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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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