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title: בְּרַם — only · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בְּרַם (lemma:בְּרַם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: only. BDB 1906: adv. only, nevertheless. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בְּרַם

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«בְּרַם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **only** — 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:בְּרַם · **BDB:** בְּרַם

### Glosses

nevertheless (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

only [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. only, nevertheless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. with advers. force, only, nevertheless (der. uncertain: Nö M 202 = מָא + בָּר, lit. except what: 𝔗 בְּרַם often for אַךְ, אוּלָם; Syriac ܒܪܰܡ Ex 9:16; 21:21, and in NT for πλήν; Chr-Pal. ܒܪܢ, ܒܪܝܢ );—Dn 2:28; 4:12 hew down the tree, etc., בְּרַם … שְׁבֻקוּ only leave the stump, etc., v 20; 5:17; Ezr 5:13.

### Jastrow 1903

בְּרַם: to split besides however. only, but truly!, surely! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** conj. (ברם to split, √בר, cmp. פרם, v. בּוֹרְמָא) besides. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXVI, 7. however. Dan. IV, 12; V, 17.—Targ. Ps. LVIII, 3; a. fr. only, but. Targ. Gen. VII, 23. Targ. Lam. III, 3 (h. text אַךְ). Targ. Ps. LVIII, 2 הב׳ בקושטא is it only in truth (indeed)?—Sabb. 63ᵇ; Erub. 16ᵇ, a. fr. ב׳ כך אמרו but in fact they said this. B. Mets. 114ᵃ.—3) interj. truly!, surely! Sabb. 13ᵇ; Ḥag. 13ᵃ; Men. 45ᵇ ב׳ זכור וכ׳ truly! this man be remembered for blessing!—\[Ḥull. 112ᵃ דאברים some ed., read: דאבריה, v. בְּרָא.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּרַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.13/)

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בְּרַם֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֔ם בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לִבְּנֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless in year one of Cyrus the king (diy).of Babylon Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God this to build

*JPS 1917:* But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

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[Daniel 2:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.28/)

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בְּרַ֡ם אִיתַ֞י אֱלָ֤הּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא֙ גָּלֵ֣א רָזִ֔ין וְהוֹדַ֗ע לְמַלְכָּא֙ נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר מָ֛ה דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֵ֖א בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית יוֹמַיָּ֑א חֶלְמָ֨ךְ וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשָׁ֛ךְ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבָ֖ךְ דְּנָ֥ה הֽוּא׃פ

*Word for word:* nevertheless there \[is\].a.God in the heavens \[who\].reveals secrets and he.has.made.known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what that it.will.be at the.end of the.days dream your and the.visions of your.head on bed your \[is\].this it

*JPS 1917:* but there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and He hath made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these:

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