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title: בָּבֶל — Babylon · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בָּבֶל (lemma:בָּבֶל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 25 times: Babylon. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. Babylon. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּבֶל

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«בָּבֶל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Babylon** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** lemma:בָּבֶל · **BDB:** בָּבֶל

### Glosses

of.Babylon (16); Babylon (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Babylon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b6_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. Babylon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b6_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. Babylon (BH id.);—Dn 2:12 + 15 times Dn, 9 times Ezr.

### Jastrow 1903

בָּבֶל: Babel, the city of Babylon; Babylonia [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b6_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h.) pr. n. Babel, the city of Babylon; Babylonia, a country of varying limits, chiefly comprising Mesopotamia, a portion of Great Armenia and some neighbouring countries east of the Tigris (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 320). \[Owing to the continued political disturbances in Palestine, Babylonia gradually became the centre of Jewish scholarship; hence both the frequent comparisons and jealousies between the East and the West (Babyl. a. Palest.); cmp. אֶרֶץ, חֲנַנְיָה, תַּלְמוּד. Kidd. 69ᵇ; 71ᵇ. Sot. 49ᵇ. Y. Snh. I, 19ᵃ; Y. Ned. VI, 40ᵃ bot. כי מב׳ תצא וכ׳ (sarcastic imitation of Is. II, 3). Snh. 24ᵃ תלמודה של ב׳ Babylonian method (Talmud). עולי ב׳ those coming from Bab. to visit the Temple, pilgrims. Ned. V, 4 דבר של ע׳ ב׳ that in which pilgrims from Bab. (i.e. Jews living abroad) have a share, as the Temple Mount \&c. \[Macc. 24ᵃ, a. e. המונה של ב׳, read רומי as Ms. M.; cmp. אֲרָמִי.\]

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּבֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b6_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/)

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לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

*JPS 1917:* At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

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[Daniel 3:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.30/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ בִּמְדִינַ֥ת בָּבֶֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* then the king he.caused.to.prosper (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego in the.province of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

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