עֲשִׁת

Biblical Aramaic

think — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

think tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲשִׁת: vb. think, plan tree →

The whole BDB entry

(K§§ 38, 1 α); 17, 2 Anm. 2) vb. think, plan (BH II. עשׁת (q.v.) as Aramaism; 𝔗 אִתְעַשֵּׁת, not Syriac);—Pf. 3 ms. (strictly Pt. pass. NöGGA 1884, 1019; Syriac Gr. § 280 M 78*) ע׳ Dn 6:4, sq. inf., plan to do so and so.

Jastrow 1903

עֲשַׁת: to make strong, harden, forge firmly determined to forge to plan, devise tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(cmp. עשש) to make strong, harden, forge.—[Dan. VI, 4 עֲשִׁית firmly determined.] (denom. of תעשת = next w.) to forge; trnsf. (cmp. חָרַשׁ) to plan, devise. Targ. Is. XXXII, 6. Ib. XXXIII, 11. Targ. Jer. V, 26. Targ. II Sam. XX, 15.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [was] planning (1).

In the verses

Daniel 6:4 · tree →

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃

Word for word: then Daniel this he.was distinguishing.himself over the overseers and the satraps as to because that a.spirit extraordinary [was].in him and the king [was].planning to appoint him over all the kingdom

JPS 1917: Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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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