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title: דְּבַח — sacrifice · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דְּבַח (lemma:דְּבַח), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: sacrifice. BDB 1906: sacrifice. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּבַח

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«דְּבַח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **sacrifice** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:דְּבַח · **BDB:** דְּבַח²

### Glosses

\[they.were\].sacrificing (1); sacrifices (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sacrifice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sacrifice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sacrifice;—pl. abs. דִּבְחִין Ezr 6:3.

### Jastrow 1903

דְּבַח II: slaughtering, sacrifice, feast the feast of Passover [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , slaughtering, sacrifice, feast. Targ. II Kings V, 17. Targ. Prov. XXI, 3; a. e.—Pl. דִּבְחִין, דִּבְחַיָּא, דִּיבְ׳. Targ. Num. XXV, 2 דִּבְחֵי (some ed. O. דַּבְּ׳). Targ. II Sam. XV, 12; a. fr.—Esp. the feast of Passover. Sabb. 110ᵃ בין ד׳ לעצרתא between Passover and Pentecost.

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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, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּבַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃

*Word for word:* in year one of Cyrus the king Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God in Jerusalem the house let.it.be.built a.place which \[they.were\].sacrificing sacrifices and foundations its \[be\].retained height its cubits sixty width its cubits sixty

*JPS 1917:* In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

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