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

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«בְּשַׁר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **flesh** — 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:בְּשַׁר · **BDB:** בְּשַׂר

### Glosses

(the) (2); flesh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flesh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flesh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. flesh (𝔗 בְּסַר, Syriac ܒܣܰܪ; BH בָּשָׂר √ בשׂר);—abs. ב׳ Dn 7:5 flesh (as devoured by beast); emph. בִּשְׂרָא 2:11 flesh = mankind, כָּל־ב׳ 4:9 = all creatures.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בְּשַׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.11/)

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וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙ יַקִּירָ֔ה וְאָחֳרָן֙ לָ֣א אִיתַ֔י דִּ֥י יְחַוִּנַּ֖הּ קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א לָהֵ֣ן אֱלָהִ֔ין דִּ֚י מְדָ֣רְה֔וֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָ֖א לָ֥א אִיתֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* and the matter which the king \[is\].asking \[is\].difficult and.\[is\] another not there who he will.declare.it before the king except gods who their.dwelling place \[is\].with (the) flesh not there it

*JPS 1917:* And it is a hard thing that the king asketh, and there is none other that can declare it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.'

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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