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

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«אַח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **brother** — 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:אַח · **BDB:** אַח

### Glosses

brothers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brother [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brother [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. brother;—pl. sf. אחיך Kt (? יִךְ—ַ֫ K§ 53, 2, Anm. b)), אֶחָךְ Qr (K§ 63) Ezr 7:18 thy brethren, i.e. fellows, associates.

### Jastrow 1903

אַח: our brothers [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. fr.—Pl. אָחִין. Targ. Gen. XIII, 8; a. e.—אַחֵי Yeb. 65ᵇ.—Y. Yoma VI, 43ᵈ אֲחֵינָן our brothers

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.18/)

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וּמָ֣ה דִי֩ עֲלָ֨ךְוְעַל־אֶחָ֜ךְיֵיטַ֗ב בִּשְׁאָ֛ר כַּסְפָּ֥א וְדַהֲבָ֖ה לְמֶעְבַּ֑ד כִּרְע֥וּת אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם תַּעַבְדֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* and whatever that to you and to brothers your it.is.good with the.rest of the.silver and the gold to do according to.the.will of your.God you.will.do

*JPS 1917:* And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.

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