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

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«אָע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wood** — 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:אָע · **BDB:** אָע

### Glosses

(the) (2); timber (2); a.beam (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 5:8 wood (so 𝔗, for עָע; Egyptian Aramaic עק S-C H5; BH עֵץ, √ II. עצה);— abs. א׳ timber, for building Ezr 5:8; 6:4; beam v 11. emph. אָעָא wood, material of idols Dn 5:4, 23.

### Jastrow 1903

אָע: wood, woods; wooden handle. Hebr. beams [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (h. עֵץ) wood, woods; also wooden handle. Ezra V, 8; a. e.—Targ. O. Lev. XIV, 4; a. e. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᶜ top, v. אֶלִּיקָה.—Pl. אָעִין. Targ. Josh. IX, 21; a. e.—Y. Pes. IV, 30ᵈ top.—Hebr. pl. אָעִים, beams. Y. Erub. I, 19ᶜ; Y. Succ. I, 52ᵃ

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 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 agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.4/)

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נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃

*Word for word:* rows (diy).of stone of.rolling three and a.row (diy).of timber new and the expense from the.house of the.king let.it.be.given

*JPS 1917:* with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

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[Daniel 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.4/)

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אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃

*Word for word:* they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone

*JPS 1917:* They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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