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title: בְּלוֹ — tribute · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בְּלוֹ (lemma:בְּלוֹ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: tribute. BDB 1906: tribute. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּלוֹ

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«בְּלוֹ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **tribute** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:בְּלוֹ · **BDB:** בְּלוֹ

### Glosses

tax (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tribute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5dc_5d5_5b9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

tribute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5dc_5d5_5b9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] tribute (loan-word from Assyrian biltu, √ ובל, according to most mod.; but Scheft 80 cp. OIran. bali, tribute, OPers. bari, payment in kind, so (in Bab. bara) Mey G. d. Altert. iii. 88 Scheft MGWJ 47 (1903), 316 Buhl 14 ‘vielleicht’);—abs. מִנְדָּה ב׳ וַהֲלָךְ Ezr 4:13, 20; 7:24.

### Jastrow 1903

בְּלוֹ: tax biltu capitation tax; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5dc_5d5_5b9/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** a tax (cmp. Assyr. biltu, v. Schr. KAT Gloss. II, s. v. ובל). Ezra IV, 13; a. e.—B. Bath. 8ᵃ expl. capitation tax; Ned. 62ᵇ. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd., v. פרובגירון.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (22 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּלוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5dc_5d5_5b9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.20/)

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וּמַלְכִ֣ין תַּקִּיפִ֗ין הֲווֹ֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔ם וְשַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין בְּכֹ֖ל עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה וּמִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַהֲלָ֖ךְ מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and kings strong they.were over Jerusalem and having.mastery over all the.region.beyond the river and tribute tax and toll \[was\].being.paid to them

*JPS 1917:* There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them.

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[Ezra 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.13/)

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כְּעַ֗ן יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֠י הֵ֣ן קִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א וְשׁוּרַיָּ֖ה יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן מִנְדָּֽה־בְל֤וֹ וַהֲלָךְ֙ לָ֣א יִנְתְּנ֔וּן וְאַפְּתֹ֥ם מַלְכִ֖ים תְּהַנְזִֽק׃

*Word for word:* now known let.it.be to the king (diy).that if the city this it.will.be.built and the walls they.will.be.finished tribute tax and toll not they.will.give and eventually kings it.will.injure

*JPS 1917:* Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings.

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