--- title: דִּי — who · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: דִּי (lemma:דִּי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 345 times: who. BDB 1906: part. of relation mark of gen. conj. rel. mark of the gen. conj. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** part. of relation who, which, that, used also as mark of gen. and conj. that, because (Aramaic of Nineveh, Bab. Zinj. Nerab, Cilicia, Têma, Egypt, זִי (Lzb 267, 446 RÉS 361 S-CPap. A 2 +); Nab. Palm. די; 𝔗 דְּ (except in cpds., as דִּילִי mine, דִּילֵיהּ his); Sam. ࠃ; Syriac ܕ; Ethiopic ዘ za: of same origin as Arabic ذُو possessor of \[cf.sub BH זֶה\]. Properly a demonstr. that \[cf.זֶה; in Ethiopic ze is ‘this’, za ‘which’\]; but this being referred by usage to something preceding becomes equiv. to the relative who, which, used, however, more widely than Heb. אֲשֶׁר);— as rel. who, which (construed like אֲשֶׁר): Je 10:11; Dn 2:11 דִּי מְדָֽרְהוֹן whose dwelling, v 24 דִּי מַנִּי מַלְכָּא whom the king had appointed, v 26 דִּי שְׁמֵהּ בּ׳ whose name was B., 4:5; 5:12, 23, etc.; = that which 2:23; = him that Ezr 7:25; 6:15; Dn 7:17 דִּי אִנּוּן אַרְבַּע which are four (v. אִנּוּן). Sq. pron. of 2 ps. (cf.אֲשֶׁר 3), Dn 2:37 thou, O king …, דִּי … יְהַב לָךְ to whom … hath given, 4:19; 4:6 as to whom I know, etc. (cf.אֲשֶׁר 4 d end). Sq. תַּמָּה = where Ezr 6:1, so דִּי alone 6:3 Dn 2:38; of time, בְּעִדָּנָא דִּי at the time when, etc., 3:5, 15. With the pred. an inf. c. לְ, Dn 6:9 כְּתָבָא דִּי לָא לְהַשְׁנָיָה which is not to be changed, Ezr 6:8; a place- or other determination, Dn 3:20 valiant men דִּי בְחֵילֵהּ that were in his army, 5:2 הֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֵם, 7:20 Ezr 4:24; 5:6; 6:2, 6; cf.Dn 2:25; 5:13; 7:7; Ezr 7:23. דִּי לָא = without, Ezr 6:9; 7:22 (so דְּלָא 𝔗 Gn 15:2; Ex 21:11); cf.Dn 2:34, 45. מַן דִּי, מָה דִּי (cf.in late Heb. מַה־שֶּׁ׳, מַה 1 e b) whoever, whatever, so †Dn 3:6, 11 מַן־דִּי־לָא יִפֵּל whoever does not fall down, 4:14 לְמַן דִּי יִצְבֵּא to whomsoever he willeth, v 22, 29; 5:21; מָה דִי whatever (or simply what), †Dn 2:28 מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא what will be, v 29(×2), 45 Ezr 6:8, 7:18.—cf.K§ 103. as mark of the gen., Dn 2:15 שׁליטא די מלכא proposes the captain, that of the king = the king’s captain (a genuine Aramaic idiom: so 𝔗 דְּ, Syriac ܕ constantly), v 19, 25, 49 + often: the subst. in such cases may be either in the emph. state (determined), as ll. cc. Ezr 4:15; 5:2, etc., or in the abs. state (undetermined), Dn 5:5; 7:4, 9, 10 נְהַר דִּי נוּר; or it may have a pleon. sf., 2:20 שְׁמֵהּ דִּי אֱלָהָא lit. his name, that of God = God’s name, v 44; 3:8, 25, 26; 4:23, etc. (so also 𝔗 Syriac). To circumscribe an adj., especially in specif. of the material: Dn 2:38 thou art רֵאשָׁה דִּי דַהֲבָא the head of gold, v 39 3:1; 5:7, 16 Ezr 5:14; 6:4 +; as predic. Dn 2:32 רֵאשֵׁהּ דִּי־דְהַב טָב his head (was) of fine gold, v 33 7:19; with a pron. Dn 2:20 wisdom and might דִּי־לֵהּ הִיא are his; cf.6:27 וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ דִּי־לָא תִתְחַבַּל his kingdom (is one) which shall not be destroyed, 7:14.—Vid. further K§ 81. as conj. (cf.אֲשֶׁר 8): that (quod), after vbs. of knowing, Dn 2:8, 9, seeing 2:45; 3:27, hearing 5:14, etc.; introducing the subject of a sentence, יְדִיעַ … דִּי … 3:18 Ezr 4:13; Dn 2:47 מִן־קְשֹׁט דִּי … True is it that … (cf.אָמְנָם כִּי Jb 12:2). = in that, inasmuch as, whereas: Dn 2:41 and whereas (דִּי) thou sawest, etc.… it shall be a divided kingdom, v 43 4:20, 23; as a connecting link = seeing that, because, for (cf.אֲשֶׁר 8 c) 2:9, 20b, 23b, 47b; 4:15; 6:24b. that (ut), after vbs. of asking Dn 2:16, commanding 3:10, 29, expressing a purpose 4:3; 5:15; Ezr 4:15; 6:10 +; דִּי לָא that not (ne) Dn 2:18; 3:28; 6:18 (on דִּי לְמָה lest Ezr 7:23, see מה). prefixed to direct narr. (like כִּי 1 b, and sometimes אֲשֶׁר 8 a γ, and ὅτι recitativum), Dn 2:25 and said thus unto him דִּי־הַשְׁכַּחַת (that) I have found, etc., 5:7; 6:6, 14. with preps. and other prefixes: כְּדִי (like Heb. כַּאֲשֶׁר; so Egyptian Aramaic כזי, Palm. Nab. כדי, Lzb 293 SAC Gl 62, 63 Cooke 369 b RÉS 361; 𝔗 כַּד, Syriac ܟܕ); a. according as, Dn 2:43, b. so soon as, when, 3:7; 5:20; 6:11, 15. מִן־דִּי: a. because that, Dn 3:22; Ezr 5:12 (cf.מֵאֲשֶׁר Is 43:4); b. from (the time) that, after (ex quo), Dn 4:23; Ezr 4:23. עַד דִּי until, Dn 2:9, 34; 4:30; 7:22; = ere that 6:25. עַל דִּי Dn 3:19 is not a conj., but means above that which … for עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי and כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּי see \[דִּבְרָה\] and קֳבֵל. ### Jastrow 1903 דִּי: who, which, where, whom mine, thine ḥazith ben hash-sh’mashoth that quod [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** who, which, where, whom \&c. Dan. IV, 5; a. fr.—Targ. Gen. XXIV, 27. Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 27; a. fr.—Mostly as prefix: דִּי־, דִּ־, דְּ־, v. דְּ־.—With personal pronouns דִּידִי, דִּילִי; דִּידָךְ, דִּידֵיךְ, דִּילָךְ, דִּילִיךְ; דִּידֵיה, דִּידָהּ, דִּילֵיה, דִּילָהּ; דִּידָן, דִּילָן; דִּידְכוֹן, דִּלְכוֹן, דִּידְכוּ, דִּידְכֶן; דִּידְהוֹן, דִּידְהוּ, דִּידְהִי mine, thine \&c. Targ. O. Gen. XXXI, 16 דילנא (Y. די לנא). Targ. O. ib. XXXIII, 9; a. fr.—B. Bath. 4ᵇ דידי ודידיה הוא it is mine and his. Ib. עבד דידיה he made the ḥazith on his side, v. חָזִית. Ber. 2ᵇ בין השמשות דידך thy definition of ben hash-sh’mashoth. Tam. 32ᵃ דידי טבא מדידכו my advice is better than yours. Gitt. 84ᵇ דילכון your countryman (Rab Kahăna). B. Kam. 117ᵇ דילכון אמרי דילהון היא I believed (learning) was yours (the Palestineans’); but it is theirs (the Babylonians’); Succ. 44ᵃ דִּלְכוֹן, דִּלְהוֹן.—Ḥull. 42ᵇ תנא דידן the author or compiler of our Mishnah. Deut. R. s. 2 ר"י דידיה אמר R. J. said in his own name. Ab. Zar. 17ᵃ פליגא דידיה אדידיה there is a discrepancy between two opinions of his. Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ top מן דידכֶן; Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ bot. מן דידכון one of yours. that (quod). Dan. IV, 3; a. fr.—Y. Taan. IV, 67ᶜ bot. די תעניתא that it is a fast-day. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 105 of its verses cited, 0 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, 2 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «דִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Ezra 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.18/) נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕א דִּ֥י שְׁלַחְתּ֖וּן עֲלֶ֑ינָא מְפָרַ֥שׁ קֱרִ֖י קָדָמָֽי׃ *Word for word:* the letter which you.sent to us \[was\].made.distinct it.was.read.aloud before me *JPS 1917:* the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. [Daniel 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.25/) 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. - ← previous: [דְּחַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d7_5b7_5dc.md) - next →: [דִּין](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df.md) - ↑ back to [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1491.md)