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

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«גַּף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wing** — 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:גַּף · **BDB:** גַּף

### Glosses

wings (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 7:4 wing of bird (𝔗 גַּף, גַּפָּא, גַּנְפָּא (? DWB 79), Syriac ܓܶܦܳܐ; akin to BH אֲגַף, Assyrian agappu? according to NöM 77 (cf.Mand. גאדפא, 𝔗 גַּדְפָּא), Id. GGA, 1884, 1019, √ גדף, Arabic جَذَفَ, جَدَفَ fly, row (but this loan-word Frä 227));—pl. abs. wings, גַּפִּין Dn 7:4, 6; sf. גַּפַּיהּ v 4 Kt (Qr sg. גַּפַּהּ).

### Jastrow 1903

גַּף I: body alone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. גּוּף) body. בְּגַפּוֹ alone; explained Kidd. 20ᵃ בגופו נכנס בגופו יצא he came with his body, and so he shall go out, i.e. he has no claim for injuries received during servitude; oth. expl. יחידי נכנס וכ׳ if he entered a single man, he must leave a single man, i.e. his master has no right to give him a Canaanite slave for propagating purposes.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b7_5bc_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.6/)

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בָּאתַ֨ר דְּנָ֜ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית וַאֲר֤וּ אָֽחֳרִי֙ כִּנְמַ֔ר וְלַ֨הּ גַּפִּ֥ין אַרְבַּ֛ע דִּי־ע֖וֹף עַל־גַּבַּ֑הּ וְאַרְבְּעָ֤ה רֵאשִׁין֙ לְחֵ֣יוְתָ֔א וְשָׁלְטָ֖ן יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* after this seeing I.was and lo! another like a.leopard and to it wings four (diy).of a.bird \[were\].on back its and four heads \[were\].to the beast and dominion it.was.given to it

*JPS 1917:* After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the sides of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

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[Daniel 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.4/)

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קַדְמָיְתָ֣א כְאַרְיֵ֔ה וְגַפִּ֥ין דִּֽי־נְשַׁ֖ר לַ֑הּ חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּי־מְּרִ֨יטוּ גַפַּ֜יהּ וּנְטִ֣ילַת מִן־אַרְעָ֗א וְעַל־רַגְלַ֙יִן֙ כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ הֳקִימַ֔ת וּלְבַ֥ב אֱנָ֖שׁ יְהִ֥יב לַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the first \[was\].like a.lion and wings (diy).of an.eagle \[were\].to it seeing I.was until that they.were.plucked.off wings its and it.was.lifted away.from the earth and on two.feet like a.human it.was.made.to.stand and a.heart of.a.human it.was.given to it

*JPS 1917:* The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

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