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

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«בְּעֵל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **owner** — 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:בְּעֵל · **BDB:** בְּעֵל

### Glosses

lord (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

owner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e2_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

owner, lord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e2_5b5_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 54, 3 γ) n. m. owner, lord (Syriac ܒܥܶܠ, used similarly; cf.BH בַּ֫עַל, √ בָּעַל; also 𝔗 בְּעֵיל);—cstr. בּ׳־טְעֵם Ezr 4:8, 9, 17 i.e. commander (AndrM 56\* as translation of Persian framātār, commander).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּעֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e2_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.8/)

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רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖א כְּנֵֽמָא׃

*Word for word:* Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe they.wrote a.letter one concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as.follows

*JPS 1917:* Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort —

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[Ezra 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.17/)

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פִּתְגָמָ֞א שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְכָּ֗א עַל־רְח֤וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵם֙ וְשִׁמְשַׁ֣י סָֽפְרָ֔א וּשְׁאָר֙ כְּנָוָ֣תְה֔וֹן דִּ֥י יָתְבִ֖ין בְּשָֽׁמְרָ֑יִן וּשְׁאָ֧ר עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה שְׁלָ֖ם וּכְעֶֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* the word he.sent the king to Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe and the.rest of their.associates who \[were\].dwelling in Samaria and the.rest of.the.region.beyond the river peace and now

*JPS 1917:* Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the commander, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the River: 'Peace, and now

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