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title: בָּל — mind · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בָּל (lemma:בָּל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: mind. BDB 1906: mind. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בָּל

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«בָּל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **mind** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:בָּל · **BDB:** בָּל

### Glosses

mind (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mind (Syriac ܒܳܠܴܐ id. PS529; Arabic بَالٌ heart);—abs. שָׂם ב׳ Dn 6:15 (sq. Inf.; cf.Syriac ܝܗܒ ܟܠܐ PS l.c. SchulthLex. 80).

### Jastrow 1903

\*בָּל: care, anxiety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (contr. of בהל, cmp. בָּאלֵי) care, anxiety. Dan. VI, 15.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בָּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b8_5bc_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.15/)

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אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א כְּדִ֧י מִלְּתָ֣א שְׁמַ֗ע שַׂגִּיא֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ עֲל֔וֹהִי וְעַ֧ל דָּנִיֵּ֛אל שָׂ֥ם בָּ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵ֑הּ וְעַד֙ מֶֽעָלֵ֣י שִׁמְשָׁ֔א הֲוָ֥א מִשְׁתַּדַּ֖ר לְהַצָּלוּתֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king as that the word he.heard exceedingly it.was.displeasing to him and concerning Daniel he.set mind to deliver him and until the.goings.in of the.sun he.was striving to rescue him

*JPS 1917:* Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

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