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title: אַף — also · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַף (lemma:אַף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: also. BDB 1906: conj. also. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַף

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«אַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **also** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:אַף · **BDB:** אַף

### Glosses

also (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

conj. also [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** conj. also (BH אַף; Egyptian Aramaic, Palm. אף (S-CPap. Lzb 224); 𝔗 אַף, 𝔗J also אוֹף; Syriac ܐܳܦ );—also, always וְאַף Dn 6:23; Ezr 5:10, 14; 6:5.

### Jastrow 1903

אַף I: also, too the same. even following the dictation of; even on the top of, = notwithstanding, although nevertheless Chald. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** also, too. Keth. 6ᵇ; a. fr. אף הוא the same. Aboth II, 6.—אף על פי (abbr. אע"פ) prop. even following the dictation of; אף על גב (abbr. אע"ג) prop. even on the top of, = notwithstanding, although (the former mostly in Mishnah, the latter in Gemara). Keth. V, 1 אע"פ שאמרו וכ׳ although the Rabbis have said; a. fr.—Meg. 3ᵃ אע"ג דאיהו לא חזא although he does not see it; a. v. fr.—אף על פי כן nevertheless. Snh. 98ᵃ; a. fr.—Chald. same. Targ. O. Num. XVI, 13; a. e. V. אוּף.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.10/)

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וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖םלְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם־גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and also names their we.asked to them to make known.to.you (diy).that we.will.write the.name of the.men who \[are\].at heads their

*JPS 1917:* We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

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[Daniel 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.23/)

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אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* God my he.sent angel his and he.closed the.mouth of the.lions and not they harmed.me as to because that before him innocence it.was.found to me and also before you O king a.hurtful.act not I.have.done

*JPS 1917:* My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.'

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