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title: דִּכֵּן — this · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דִּכֵּן (lemma:דִּכֵּן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: this. BDB 1906: demonstr. pr. comm. this, that. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דִּכֵּן

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«דִּכֵּן» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:דִּכֵּן · **BDB:** דִּכֵּן

### Glosses

this (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

demonstr. pr. comm. this, that [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. pr. comm. this, that; only Dn; Ezr uses דֵּךְ (דֵּךְ + demonstr. affix n, WCG 111);—Dn 2:31 צַלְמָא ד׳, 7:20, 21 קַרְנָא ד׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 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: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דִּכֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b4_5bc_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.21/)

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חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וְקַרְנָ֣א דִכֵּ֔ן עָבְדָ֥ה קְרָ֖ב עִם־קַדִּישִׁ֑ין וְיָכְלָ֖ה לְהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was and the horn this \[was\].making war with \[the\].holy.\[ones\] and \[it.was\].prevailing to them

*JPS 1917:* I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

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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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- ← previous: [דֵּךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0.md)
- next →: [דְּכַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8.md)
- ↑ back to [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1491.md)