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

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«בְּדַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **scatter** — 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:בְּדַר · **BDB:** בְּדַר

### Glosses

scatter! (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

scatter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. scatter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. scatter (so 𝔗 Syriac; BH \[בָּזַר\]);—Imv. mpl. וּבַדַּ֫רוּ Dn 4:11 (acc. rei).

### Jastrow 1903

בְּדַר: to scatter, strew Pa to distribute freely scattered to shake to tread olives Ithpe. to be scattered, to disperse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (√בד; cmp. בזר, פזר) to scatter, strew.—Pa. בַּדֵּר same, also, to distribute freely. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 31; a. fr.—Ḥull. 54ᵃ אי בַּדְּרֵי לה סמא וכ׳ if a powder is strewn upon its wound, it may recover; \[Rashb. to B. Bath. 74ᵇ quotes דעבד ליה סמתרי\]. Gitt. 56ᵇ ובַדְּרוּ לקיטמיה וכ׳ and scatter ye his (my) ashes over seven waters. Y. Ber. IX, end, 14ᵈ בשעה דמכנשין בַּדַּר וכ׳ when people gather (are willing to listen to instruction), distribute (teach); when people scatter (throw religion away in neglect), gather in (live in retired study). Cant. R. to VIII, 9 בדרו גרמיכון disperse ye (do not stand in crowds).—Part. pass. מְבַדַּר scattered. Y. M. Kat. III, 81ᵈ top אית סגין מנהון מְבַדְּרַן וכ׳ there are more than those (twenty four cases) scattered in Mishnah and Boraitha. Sabb. 20ᵃ, v. infra. to shake (in a sieve). Targ. Amos IX, 9. \[Ibid. מחזרין, prob. מבדרין.\] Cmp. בַּזֵּיל. to tread olives. Targ. Mic. VI, 15 (perh. בדד?). ; Ithpe. אִיתְבְּדַר, אִיבְּדַר to be scattered, to disperse. Targ. Is. XXXIII, 3; a. fr.—Sabb. 20ᵃ קנים מִיבַּדְּרִין (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300, ed. מבדרן) loose staves in the stove will fall apart (and may require stirring). Lev. R. s. 6 and the denars began מִתְבַּדְּרִין to be scattered. Gitt. 33ᵇ ליבַּרְּרוּ אִיבַּדּוּרֵי (not איבדורו) let them disperse (so as not to be found together). Snh. 8ᵃ bot. ואיבדור and they (the judges) dispersed.—Denom. בִּדּוּר, בִּדּוּרָא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5d3_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.11/)

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קָרֵ֨א בְחַ֜יִל וְכֵ֣ן אָמַ֗ר גֹּ֤דּוּ אִֽילָנָא֙ וְקַצִּ֣צוּ עַנְפ֔וֹהִי אַתַּ֥רוּ עָפְיֵ֖הּ וּבַדַּ֣רוּ אִנְבֵּ֑הּ תְּנֻ֤ד חֵֽיוְתָא֙ מִן־תַּחְתּ֔וֹהִי וְצִפְּרַיָּ֖א מִן־עַנְפֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].proclaiming with power and as.follows \[he.was\].saying cut.down! the tree and cut.off! branches its strip.off! foliage its and scatter! fruit its let.it.flee the animal\[s\] from under it and the birds from branches its

*JPS 1917:* He cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.

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