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title: אֶדְרַע — force · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֶדְרַע (lemma:אֶדְרַע), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: force. BDB 1906: force. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֶדְרַע

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«אֶדְרַע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **force** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:אֶדְרַע · **BDB:** אֶדְרַע²

### Glosses

force (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

force [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5d3_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

force [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5d3_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 60, 1)) n.\[f.\] force (proposes arm, 𝔗 (rare); BH אֶוְרוֹעַ);—abs. בְּא׳ וְחָ֑יִל Ezr 4:23 by force and power, forcibly.

### Jastrow 1903

אֶדְרַע: arm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5d3_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= h. אֶזְרוֹעַ, v. זְרוֹעַ) arm. Targ. Jer. XXXII, 21; a. fr.—Y. Ber. I, 4ᶜ top דאֶדְרְעֵיה the Tefillin of his arm. Koh. R. to XI, 2.—Pl. אֶדְרָעָתָא. Targ. Job XXII, 9.—אֶדְרָעִין. Gen. R. s. 65.—V. דְּרַע III.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֶדְרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5d3_5b0_5e8_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.23/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן מִן־דִּ֞י פַּרְשֶׁ֤גֶן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא֙ דִּ֚י אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּ מַלְכָּ֔א קֱרִ֧י קֳדָם־רְח֛וּם וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י סָפְרָ֖א וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן אֲזַ֨לוּ בִבְהִיל֤וּ לִירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙ עַל־יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔א וּבַטִּ֥לוּ הִמּ֖וֹ בְּאֶדְרָ֥ע וְחָֽיִל׃ס

*Word for word:* then from that the.copy of the.letter (diy).of Artaxerxes the king it.was.read.aloud before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and associates their they.went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and they.made.to.cease them with force and power

*JPS 1917:* Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

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