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title: אֲתַר — place · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֲתַר (lemma:אֲתַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: place. BDB 1906: n.m. place. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲתַר

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«אֲתַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **place** — 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:אֲתַר · **BDB:** אֲתַר

### Glosses

place (4); a.place (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. place (so Egyptian Aramaic, Nab., Palm.; 𝔗; Syriac ܐܰܬܰܪ place; Zinj. אשר Lzb 229 f.; Arabic إِثْرٌ footstep; cf.Heb. אֲשׁוּר, and sub אֲשֶׁר);—place: Dn 2:35 וְכָל־אֲתַר לָא־הִשְׁתְּכַח לְהוֹן, Ezr 5:15 וּבֵית אֱלָהָא יִתְבְּנֵא עַל־אַתְרֵהּ, 6:3, 5, 7. Hence בָּאתַר (Dn 7:6 Baer בָּתַר) after (lit. in the track of: so Zinj. באשר (Cooke 160 f., 170), Palm. 𝔗 בָּתַר, Syriac ܒܳܬܰܪ ), בָּאתַר דְּנָה after this, Dn 7:6, 7, sf. Dn 2:39 וּבָֽתְרָךְ and after thee.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/)

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שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

*JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

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[Ezra 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/)

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וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which \[is\].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

*JPS 1917:* and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

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