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title: דְּחַל — fear · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דְּחַל (lemma:דְּחַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: fear. BDB 1906: Pe. Pa. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּחַל

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«דְּחַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **fear** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:דְּחַל · **BDB:** דְּחַל

### Glosses

\[was\].terrible (2); fearing (2); \[it.was\].terrible (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d7_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

Pe. Pa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d7_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** );—Pe. Pt. act. pl. דָּֽחְלִין Dn 5:19, c. מִן־קֳדָם of king, 6:27, id. of God; pass. דְּחִיל terrible 2:31, f. דְּחִילָה 7:7, 19. Pa. Impf. 3 ms. sf. וִידַחֲלִנַּנִי 4:2 the dream made me afraid.

### Jastrow 1903

דְּחַל

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. דְּחֵיל

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּחַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d7_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.2/)

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חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* a.dream I.saw and it made.me.afraid and imaginings on bed my and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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[Daniel 2:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.31/)

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אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֗א חָזֵ֤ה הֲוַ֙יְתָ֙ וַאֲל֨וּ צְלֵ֥ם חַד֙ שַׂגִּ֔יא צַלְמָ֨א דִּכֵּ֥ן רַ֛ב וְזִיוֵ֥הּ יַתִּ֖יר קָאֵ֣ם לְקָבְלָ֑ךְ וְרֵוֵ֖הּ דְּחִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* you O king seeing you.were and lo! an.image one great the image this \[was\].great and splendor its \[was\].extraordinary \[was\].standing (to) before you and appearance its \[was\].terrible

*JPS 1917:* Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible.

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