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title: אֲרוּ — lo · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲרוּ (lemma:אֲרוּ), 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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# אֲרוּ

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«אֲרוּ» 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:אֲרוּ · **BDB:** אֲרוּ

### Glosses

lo! (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. lo [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** interj. lo (of uncertain der.: only Biblical Aramaic (? Nab., v. CIS ii. 186); אֲלוּ, p. 1080, and NH הֲרֵי see! here ! Ab 3:4 al., are perhaps allied), וַאֲרוּ Dn 7:2 הָזֵי הֲרֵית … וַאֲרוּ, v 5, 6, 7, 13, always in description of a vision (cf.אֲלוּ).

### Jastrow 1903

אֲרוּ: lo!, behold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5d5_5bc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (ארי; v. אֲלוּ, cmp. הֲרֵי) lo!, behold. Dan. VII, 6; 7; 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5e8_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.2/)

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עָנֵ֤ה דָנִיֵּאל֙ וְאָמַ֔ר חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוִ֖י עִם־לֵֽילְיָ֑א וַאֲר֗וּ אַרְבַּע֙ רוּחֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א מְגִיחָ֖ן לְיַמָּ֥א רַבָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Daniel and.\[was\] saying seeing I.was in vision my with the night and lo! the.four the.winds of the.heavens \[were\].stirring.up (et) the sea (the) great

*JPS 1917:* Daniel spoke and said: I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven broke forth upon the great sea.

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[Daniel 7:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.13/)

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חָזֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּחֶזְוֵ֣י לֵֽילְיָ֔א וַאֲרוּ֙ עִם־עֲנָנֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א כְּבַ֥ר אֱנָ֖שׁ אָתֵ֣ה הֲוָ֑ה וְעַד־עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙ מְטָ֔ה וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִי הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was in the.visions of the.night and lo! with the.clouds of the.heavens like a.son of.man coming he.was and to the.\[one\].ancient of.(the) days he.reached and before him they brought.him.near

*JPS 1917:* I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of days, and he was brought near before Him.

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