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title: אַרְיֵה — lion · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אַרְיֵה (lemma:אַרְיֵה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: lion. BDB 1906: n.m. lion. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַרְיֵה

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«אַרְיֵה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lion** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:אַרְיֵה · **BDB:** אַרְיֵה

### Glosses

of (5); the (4); a.lion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 6:25b lion;—abs. א׳ Dn 7:4 (sim.); pl. emph. אַרְיָוָתָא (D 153) 6:8, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25(×2), 28.

### Jastrow 1903

אַרְיֵה

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. אֲרִי.—אריה Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ, v. אֲרִיחַ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַרְיֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d9_5b5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.20/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֔א בִּשְׁפַּרְפָּרָ֖א יְק֣וּם בְּנָגְהָ֑א וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה לְגֻבָּ֥א דִֽי־אַרְיָוָתָ֖א אֲזַֽל׃

*Word for word:* then the king at (the) dawn he.arose at the daylight and in haste to the den (diy).of the lions he.went

*JPS 1917:* Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

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[Daniel 6:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.28/)

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מְשֵׁיזִ֣ב וּמַצִּ֗ל וְעָבֵד֙ אָתִ֣ין וְתִמְהִ֔ין בִּשְׁמַיָּ֖א וּבְאַרְעָ֑א דִּ֚י שֵׁיזִ֣יב לְדָֽנִיֵּ֔אל מִן־יַ֖ד אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].delivering and \[he.is\].rescuing and \[he.is\].doing signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth \[one\].who he.has.delivered (et) Daniel from the.hand of the.lions

*JPS 1917:* He delivereth and rescueth, and He worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth; who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.'

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