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

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«גִּבָּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **mighty one** — 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:גִּבָּר · **BDB:** גִּבָּר

### Glosses

mighty.men (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mighty one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. mighty one [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. mighty one;—pl. cstr. גִּבָּרֵי־ חַיִל Dn 3:20 (= BH גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּבָּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d1_5b8_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.20/)

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וּלְגֻבְרִ֤ין גִּבָּֽרֵי־חַ֙יִל֙ דִּ֣י בְחַיְלֵ֔הּ אֲמַר֙ לְכַפָּתָ֔ה לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לְמִרְמֵ֕א לְאַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and to men mighty.men of.power who \[were\].in army his he.said to bind (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego to throw to the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* And he commanded certain mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

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