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title: אֲלוּ — lo! · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲלוּ (lemma:אֲלוּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: lo!. BDB 1906: interj. lo. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲלוּ

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«אֲלוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lo!** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲלוּ · **BDB:** אֲלוּ

### Glosses

lo! (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. lo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. lo! (der. uncertain: usually regarded as by-form of אֲרוּ, q.v.; cf.Egyptian Aramaic הלו, Cooke No. 73, RÉS 492 B = S-C M b);—וַאֲלוּ Dn 2:31 חָזֵי הֲוַיְתָ וַאֲלוּ, 4:7, 10; 7:8, always in description of a vision.

### Jastrow 1903

אֲלוּ: behold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5dc_5d5_5bc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= אֲרוּ, v. אָלָה) behold. Dan. II, 31; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (25 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲלוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5dc_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.10/)

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חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י וַאֲלוּ֙ עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֖א נָחִֽת׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was in the.visions of my.head on bed my and lo! a.watcher and a.holy.\[one\] from the heavens \[was\].coming.down

*JPS 1917:* I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

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[Daniel 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.7/)

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וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its \[was\].great

*JPS 1917:* Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

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