---
title: אָת — sign · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אָת (lemma:אָת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: sign. BDB 1906: n.m. sign. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)‎ / אָת‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=arc -->
# אָת

<!-- .meta -->
«אָת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **sign** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:אָת · **BDB:** אָת

### Glosses

\[are\].his (1); signs (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sign [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sign [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 3:33 sign (always as wrought by God, and always c. תמהין wonders);—pl. abs. אָתִין Dn 6:28; emph. אָתַיָּא 3:32; sf. אָתוֹ֫הִי v 33.

### Jastrow 1903

אָת: sign, type; letter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m3)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole Jastrow entry:** c. (= b. h. אוֹת; fr. תאה, or תאו, sec. r. of אה or או; as to reject. of radical ו or ה, cmp. אב, אח \&c.) sign, type; letter (v. אוֹת II). Targ. Ex. XIII, 16; a. fr.—Targ. Is. VII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. אָתִין, אָתַיָּא. Targ. Gen. I, 14. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 4; a. e.—אַתְוָון, אַתְיָין, אַתְוָותָא, אַתְוָאן, (אָתָן) אַתְיָיתָא. Targ. Ps. l. c. Targ. O. Num. II, 2 ed. Berl. אַתְיַן, Var. אָתְיָן, אַתְוָון; Y. אתוון (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 39); a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 13 ה׳ אתואן five letters of acrostics.—אַתְוָיֵי (אַתְוֵוי, אִיתְוֵי). Num. R. s. 13, end א׳ דידין וכ׳ the letters composing the one word (קערת) are the same as those composing the other (קרעת).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Daniel 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=arc -->
אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

*JPS 1917:* It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Daniel 3:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=arc -->
אָת֙וֹהִי֙ כְּמָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי כְּמָ֣ה תַקִּיפִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].his signs how! great and.\[are\] wonders his how! strong kingdom his \[is\].a.kingdom of.perpetuity and dominion his \[is\].with generation and generation

*JPS 1917:* How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [אֶשְׁתַּדּוּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b6_5e9_5b0_5c1_5ea_5b7_5bc_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8.md)
- next →: [אֲתָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b2_5ea_5b8_5d4.md)
- ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1488.md)