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title: אֲרַע — earth · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲרַע (lemma:אֲרַע), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 21 times: earth. BDB 1906: earth. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרַע

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«אֲרַע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **earth** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** lemma:אֲרַע · **BDB:** אֲרַע

### Glosses

the (16); of (4); earthward (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

earth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

earth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] earth (so 𝔗 Syriac; = BH אֶרֶץ, q.v.);—emph. אַרְעָא Dn 2:35, 39 + 16 times Dn, Ezr 5:11; Je 10:11b; אַ֫רְעָא (D§§ 9, 5 a; 44, 1 n) = אֲרַע + א—ָ of direction, earthward, i.e. downward, אַרְעָא מִנָּךְ Dn 2:39 Kt lower than thou, i.e. inferior to thee Qr אֲרַע (cf.𝔗 אֲרַע מִן Ru 4:4);—Je 10:11a v. \[אֲרַק\].

### Jastrow 1903

אֲרַע II: Pa [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (Targ. Y., O. usu. עֲרַע q. v.), Pa. אָרַע, אַרַע same. Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 2; a. fr. Targ. O. Num. X, 2 לעָרָעָה ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לאַרְעָא); (Targ. Y. לעָרָעָא, לעַרְעָא!). \[Targ. Y. Lev. XXIII, 4 דִּי יִתְרְעוּן, corr. די תְאַרְעוּן. Ib. 21, a gloss חיין וקיימין הי בזמן ref. to the festive benediction שהחייני וקימנו וכ׳.\]—Denom. מְאַרְעָא, מְעַרְעָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/)

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אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* these the beasts (the) great which they \[are\].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

*JPS 1917:* 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

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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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