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title: אֲזַל — go · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲזַל (lemma:אֲזַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: go. BDB 1906: vb. go, go off. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲזַל

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«אֲזַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **go** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲזַל · **BDB:** אֲזַל

### Glosses

he.went (4); go! (1); they.went (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

go [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5d6_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. go, go off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5d6_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. go, go off (BH \[rare\]);— Pf. 3 ms. א׳ Dn 2:24 + (אֲזַ֑ל v 17; 6:20); 3 pl. אֲזַ֫לוּ Ezr 4:23; 1 pl. אֲוַלְנָא 5:8; Imv. ms. אֵֽזֶל(־אֲחֵת) v 15 (for אֱוַל K§§ 15 e); 38, 1 c));— 1. go, go off, c. ל loc. Dn 2:17; 6:19, 20 Ezr 4:23 (+ עַל pers.), 5:8; go and say Dn 2:24, go (and) put Ezr 5:15.

### Jastrow 1903

אֲזַל I: to be gone, to leave; to go Imper to depart life, die to die resurrect [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5d6_5b7_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to be gone, to leave; to go. Targ. Gen. XXXII, 1. Imper. אִיזֵּיל, אִזֵּיל. Targ. O. Num. XXII, 20; a. fr.—Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ איזיל חמי וכ׳ go, show thy face \&c. Ib. לינה מֵיזַל … דנא מיזל וכ׳ I will not go … for if I did go \&c. Sabb. 116ᵃ א׳ כתב א׳ וכ׳ after the writing is gone, the sacredness of the scroll is gone (after the scroll has become unfit for sacred use, the material has lost its sacred character). Y. Dem. III, 23ᵇ bot. הא אזילא מיבלא וכ׳ that man’s load would soon be gone (if each were permitted to take a chip). Y. Ber. VIII, 12ᵃ הא אזילא ההיא דרב וכ׳ is the decision of Rab and Samuel gone (to be disregarded)? Y. Snh. X, 28ᵃ bot. הא א׳ הדא וכ׳ (ed. Krot. חדא) is that which was received from (is the tradition of) … to be disregarded? Y. Yeb. VIII, 9ᶜ bot. הא אזילא היא וכ׳ (ed. Krot. איזלא, corr. acc.; for היא read הדא or ההיא).—Trnsf. to depart life, die. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵈ bot. this one committed a sin וא׳ בה and died in it, and the other \&c. M. Kat. 28ᵇ ווי לאזלא woe, for the departed one! Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ top אזיל to die, contrad. to אתי to resurrect.—Imperat. usu. זִיל = אזיל.—Ḥull. 11ᵇ ז׳ בתר רובא follow the majority of cases; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲזַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5d6_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.17/)

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אֱדַ֥יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל לְבַיְתֵ֣הּ אֲזַ֑ל וְ֠לַחֲנַנְיָה מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וַעֲזַרְיָ֛ה חַבְר֖וֹהִי מִלְּתָ֥א הוֹדַֽע׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel to house his he.went and to Hananiah Mishael and Azariah companions his the matter he.made.known

*JPS 1917:* Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

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[Daniel 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.20/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֔א בִּשְׁפַּרְפָּרָ֖א יְק֣וּם בְּנָגְהָ֑א וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה לְגֻבָּ֥א דִֽי־אַרְיָוָתָ֖א אֲזַֽל׃

*Word for word:* then the king at (the) dawn he.arose at the daylight and in haste to the den (diy).of the lions he.went

*JPS 1917:* Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

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