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title: דְּנָה — this · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דְּנָה (lemma:דְּנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 58 times: this. BDB 1906: demonstr. pr. comm. this. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דְּנָה

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«דְּנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **this** — 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:** 58 times · **Key:** lemma:דְּנָה · **BDB:** דְּנָה

### Glosses

this (54); of.this (2); \[is\].this (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

demonstr. pr. comm. this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. pr. comm. this (Zinj. זן, זנה; Egyptian Aramaic זנה (S-CPap. B 17 +); זנך (ib.C 6, D 8); Nab. Palm. דנה (Lzb 264 Cooke 26); 𝔗 דֵּין (e.g. 1 S 10:27) and (with הָ, i.e. הָא, ܗܳܐ ecce) הָדֵין; Aramaic of Têma הא זא (Cooke 195. 198); Syriac ܗܳܢܳܐ (contr. for הָֽדְנָא); Mand. האזין; Sab. ذن (HomChrest. 13); Ethiopic ዝንቱ: all from \[דֶּה,\] זה, + demonstr. n (WCG 108 f.); fem. Biblical Aramaic דָּא, 𝔗 דָּא, הָדָה, Syriac ܗܳܕܶܐ, Mand. האזא, Ethiopic ዛቲ without the n; the pl. is אִלֵּין, q.v.);—this: Dn 2:18 רָזָא דְנָה this secret, v 28, 29, 30 +, Ezr 4:11; 5:3, 4, 9 +; כָּל־דְּנָה Dn 5:22. אַחֲרֵי דְנָה after this †Dn 2:29, 45; so בָּאתַר דְּנָה †7:6, 7. כִּדְנָה like this, thus, †Je 10:11 (= Heb. כֹּה), Dn 2:10 מִלְּתָא כִדְנָה a word like this (cf.כָּזֹאת Est 4:14), Da 3:29 Ezr 5:7. עַל־דְּנָה on account of this †Dn 3:16; Ezr 4:22; 5:5, 17; 6:11; as conj. = therefore (cf.Heb. עַל־זֹאת) Ezr 4:14, 15.—Vid. also קֳבֵל and קַדְמָה.

### Jastrow 1903

דְּנָה: which [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** v. v. דֵּן. = דַּאֲנָא which I. Y. Pes. V, 32ᶜ bot. (Y. Taan. III, 67ᵃ bot. דאנא).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דְּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.36/)

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דְּנָ֣ה חֶלְמָ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ נֵאמַ֥ר קֳדָם־מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* this \[was\].the dream and interpretation its we.will.tell before the king

*JPS 1917:* This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

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[Daniel 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.25/)

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וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the writing which it.was.inscribed mene mene teqel and pharsin

*JPS 1917:* And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.

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