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

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«דְּכַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **ram** — 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:דְּכַר · **BDB:** דְּכַר

### Glosses

rams (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. ram [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ram (𝔗 דִּכְרָא, Syriac ܕܶܟܪܳܐ id., also (and primarily) male, v. BH זָכָר);—pl. דִּכְרִין for sacrifice Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:17.

### Jastrow 1903

דְּכַר II: marked male, man the male of the flock, ram Pl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. זָכָר \[marked,\] male, man. Targ. Gen. I, 27; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 33 בר דְּ׳ male offspring, opp. ברתא נוקבא. Bets. 7ᵃ ביעי דדִכְ׳ eggs originating from fructification by a cock, opp. דספנא וכ׳ from self-friction. Pes. 56ᵃ כופרא די׳, v. כּוּפְרָא III.—Pl. דִּכְרִין, דִּכְרַיָּא, דִּכְרֵי, דִּי׳, דּוּ. Targ. Ex. XIII, 15; a. fr.—Keth. IV, 10 (52ᵇ) בנין דיכרין male issue, opp. בנן נוקבן. Gen. R. l. c. הוא מן ד׳ וכ׳ he is a descendant of Judah by the male side. (sub. דענא) the male of the flock, ram. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. as above. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 1; a. fr.—Ḥull. 51ᵃ הנהו ד׳ וכ׳ wethers which thieves carried off (by throwing them over the fence)—Gen. R. s. 70, end, v. דִּכְרָנִי. \[עינבי דיכרין, v. כְּרוּמָא a. כְּרַהּ.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/)

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וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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[Ezra 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

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