--- title: אֱנָשׁ — man · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: אֱנָשׁ (lemma:אֱנָשׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 25 times: man. BDB 1906: n.m. man, mankind. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5e0_5b8_5e9_5c1.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)‎ / אֱנָשׁ‎ # אֱנָשׁ «אֱנָשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **man** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 25 times · **Key:** lemma:אֱנָשׁ · **BDB:** אֱנָשׁ ### Glosses of.(the) (8); person (6); (the) (4) ### Meaning (OSHB) man [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5e0_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. man, mankind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5e0_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. man, mankind;—abs. א׳ Dn 2:10 +; emph. אֲנָשָׁא v 38 +, so Qr 4:13, 14 (\> Kt אנושׁא K§ 57 f); so Nab. אנוש often Lzb 222 Cooke 219 SAC 22): pl. אֲנָשִׁים 4:14 (Hebraism, M 53\* proposes אֲנָשָׁא);— man, human being, Dn 2:10; 3:10; 4:13; 5:5, 7(×2); 6:13(×2); 7:4(×2), 8; Ezr 6:11; so בַּר־אֱנָשׁ Dn 7:13 a son of man, human being (v. especially Dr Dn 102; DBSon of Man). coll. men, people, Ezr 4:11; Dn 4:14 a. 22(×2), 29(×2), 30; 5:21, cf.pl. 4:14; זְרַע א׳ 2:43 i.e. human off-spring; בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא sons of men, = men, 2:38; 5:21. ### Jastrow 1903 אֱינָשׁ: being human being people [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5e0_5b8_5e9_5c1/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (אנש, sec. r. of אוּשׁ; h. being, esp. human being Dan. II, 10, a. fr. אנש.—Ib. VII, 13 בר א׳ son of man (in Talm. freq. בר נש). Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 2; a. fr.—Y. Snh. VIII, 25ᵃ bot., a. fr. כאי׳ דמר as if one says. Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵃ bot. אֲנָשָׁא רבא a great man. Shebu. 22ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. אֵינָשִׁין, const. אֵינָשֵׁי. Targ. O. Gen. VI, 4; a. e.—אִינְשִׁין, אִינְשֵׁי. Targ. Y. ibid.; a. e.—In Talm. mostly אִינְשֵׁי people. B. Kam. 92ᵇ אמרי א׳ (text רבנן, corr. acc.). Snh. 95ᵇ היינו דאמרי א׳ (abbr. ה"דא"א) this is what people say, it is a common saying (proverb). Ibid. 103ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Git. 45ᵃ אִינְשִׁין (our people?). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֱנָשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5e0_5b8_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.13/) לִבְבֵהּ֙ מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א יְשַׁנּ֔וֹן וּלְבַ֥ב חֵיוָ֖ה יִתְיְהִ֣ב לֵ֑הּ וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃ *Word for word:* heart its away.from (the) humankind let.it.be.changed and.\[the\] heart of.an.animal let.it.be.given to it and seven times let.them.pass over it *JPS 1917:* Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. [Ezra 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.11/) דְּנָה֙ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן אִגַּרְתָּ֔א דִּ֚י שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֔וֹהִי עַל־אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֖שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֑א עַבְדָ֛יךְאֱנָ֥שׁ עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֖ה וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃פ *Word for word:* this \[is\].(the).copy of the.letter which they.sent to him to Artaxerxes the king servants your the.man of.the.region.beyond the river and now *JPS 1917:* this is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king — thy servants the men beyond the River — and now - ← previous: [אֲנַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e0_5b7_5e3.md) - next →: [אַנְתָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e0_5b0_5ea_5b8_5bc_5d4.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)