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title: דִּינָי — Dinaite · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דִּינָי (lemma:דִּינָי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: Dinaite. BDB 1906: n.pr.gent. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּינָי

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«דִּינָי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Dinaite** — 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:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:דִּינָי · **BDB:** דִּינָיֵא

### Glosses

\[the\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dinaite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.gent. (?) Ezr 4:9 (so most, but Hoffm ZA ii. 55 Marquart 64 AndrM 59\* MeyEntst. J. 39 Str 46\* read דַּיָּנַיָּא judges (as transl. of Pers. dâtabara), while Scheft 81 (improb.) cp. OIran. \*denya, (the) orthodox, i.e. Persians).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּינָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.9/)

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אֱדַ֜יִן רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א וּשְׁאָ֖ר כְּנָוָתְה֑וֹן דִּ֠ינָיֵאוַאֲפַרְסַתְכָיֵ֞א טַרְפְּלָיֵ֣א אֲפָֽרְסָיֵ֗א אַרְכְּוָיֵ֤א בָבְלָיֵא֙ שֽׁוּשַׁנְכָיֵ֔א דֶּהָיֵ֖א עֵלְמָיֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe and the.rest of their.associates \[the\] Dinay and the officials the Tarpelites the Sipparites the Erechites the Babylonians the Susanchites the Dehavites the Elamites

*JPS 1917:* then wrote Rehum the commander, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinites, and the Apharesattechites, the Tarpelites, the Apharesites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehites, the Elamites,

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