זְמַן

Biblical Aramaic

time — used 12 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

time tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זְמַן: n.m. time tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dn 3:7 time (prob. loan-word from OPers. zrvan, zarvâna, time, age, NöM 152Scheft45; cf. BH (late); and (on change of v [b] to m) FräZA iii. 52; Nab. זמן, Palm. (Nab.) זבן Lzb 266. 268 SAC 48. 49);—abs. ז׳ Dn 2:16; 7:12; emph. זִמְנָא Ezr 5:3 +; pl. abs. Dn 6:11 +, emph. זִמְנַיָּא Dn 2:21;—time: specified time Dn 2:16; appointed time 7:12, 22, cf. 2:21; בֵּהּ זִמְנָא at that time Ezr 5:3; Dn 3:7, 8; 4:33; (festival) seasons 7:25; time, occurrence, 6:11, 14 three times in the day.

Jastrow 1903

זְמַן II: at times at other times appointed banquets tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. O. Gen. XVIII, 14 (Y. ז׳ חגא, h. text מועד). Ib. II, 23 הדא ז׳ this time (h. text הפעם); a. fr.—Targ. Jer. XVIII, 7; 9 ז׳ … וז׳ at one time … another time.—Ḥull. 105ᵇ ליקבע לי מר ז׳ וכ׳ set me a term, and I shall pay. M. Kat. 16ᵃ דקבעינן ז׳ that (in legal summons) a date is fixed for appearing in court. Ib. ז׳ בתר ז׳ one term after the ofther (in case of failing to appear on the first summons). Ḥag. 4ᵇ אזיל בלא זִימְנֵיה dies before his destined time; a. v. fr.—B. Bath. 73ᵇ, a. fr. ז׳ חדא once upon a time (introducing a story).—Pl. זִמְנִין, זִי׳. Targ. Ex. XXIII, 17; a. e.—Zeb. 94ᵇ, a. fr. ז׳ סגיאין many times.—ז׳—ז׳ at times … at other times. Ber. 20ᵇ, a. fr.—מַשְׁכֵּן זִימְנָא = h. אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 43; a. fr.—Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 4 זִמְנָיִךְ = משכני זי׳.—Targ. Jer. XLVII, 6 לבית ז׳ to thy destined home (the sheath; h. text הֵרָגְעִי!).—[Targ. Ps. CXLI, 4 בזמן משתיהון Ms (ed. בזמר בית מ׳) at their appointed banquets, v. preced. wds.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (4); the appointed (2); times (2).

In the verses

Daniel 3:8 · tree →

כָּל־קֳבֵ֤ל דְּנָה֙ בֵּהּ־זִמְנָ֔א קְרִ֖בוּ גֻּבְרִ֣ין כַּשְׂדָּאִ֑ין וַאֲכַ֥לוּ קַרְצֵיה֖וֹן דִּ֥י יְהוּדָיֵֽא׃

Word for word: as to because this at it the time they.approached men Chaldean and they.ate pieces their (diy).of the Jews

JPS 1917: Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.

Daniel 7:12 · tree →

וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃

Word for word: and the.rest of the.beasts they.removed dominion their and a.prolonging in life(s) it.was.given to them until a.time and a.time

JPS 1917: And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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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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