נְהִירוּ

Biblical Aramaic

illumination — 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

illumination tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נַהִירוּ: n.f. illumination, insight tree →

The whole BDB entry

(K§§ 16. 5; 61. 4) n.f. illumination, insight (Syriac id.);—abs. Dn 5:11, 14 (both + שָׂבְלְתָנוּ, חָכְמָה).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

Glosses

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:14 · tree →

וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה יַתִּירָ֖ה הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת בָּֽךְ׃

Word for word: and I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that a.spirit of.gods [is].in you and illumination and insight and wisdom extraordinary it.was.found in you

JPS 1917: I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.

Daniel 5:11 · tree →

אִיתַ֨י גְּבַ֜ר בְּמַלְכוּתָ֗ךְ דִּ֠י ר֣וּחַ אֱלָהִ֣ין קַדִּישִׁין֮ בֵּהּ֒ וּבְיוֹמֵ֣י אֲבוּ֗ךְ נַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה כְּחָכְמַת־אֱלָהִ֖ין הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת בֵּ֑הּ וּמַלְכָּ֤א נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ אֲבוּ֔ךְ רַ֧ב חַרְטֻמִּ֣ין אָֽשְׁפִ֗ין כַּשְׂדָּאִין֙ גָּזְרִ֔ין הֲקִימֵ֖הּ אֲבוּ֥ךְ מַלְכָּֽא׃

Word for word: there [is].a.man in kingdom your who a.spirit of.gods holy [is].in him and in the.days of your.father illumination and insight and wisdom like.[the] wisdom of.gods it.was.found in him and the king Nebuchadnezzar father your chief of.[the].magicians conjurers Chaldeans astrologers he appointed.him father your the king

JPS 1917: there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; and the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers;

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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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