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

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«גִּיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **chalk** — 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:גִּיר · **BDB:** גִּיר

### Glosses

the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chalk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

chalk, plaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] chalk, plaster (so 𝔗; BH once, p. 162);—emph. גִּירָא Dn 5:5.

### Jastrow 1903

גִּיר: lime, plaster. froth, foam. disease, sort of fever ? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , lime, plaster. Dan. V, 5.—Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 14 דעדק כג׳ thin and brittle like a coat of lime (h. text מחספס). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVII, 2 (h. text סיד); a. e.—2) froth, foam. Pl. גִּירִין Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 10 ג׳ דימא the foaming billows. \[Targ. Jer. IX, 14, read כגידין, v. גִּידָּא II.\]—3) name of a disease, a sort of fever (?). Gitt. 69ᵇ, v. next w.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (21 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.5/)

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בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה נְפַ֙קָה֙ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* at it the moment they.went.forth fingers (diy).of a.hand of.a.human and \[they.were\].writing (to) before the candlestick on the plaster (diy).of the.wall of the.palace (diy).of the king and the king \[was\].seeing the.palm of the.hand which \[was\].writing

*JPS 1917:* In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.

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