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title: דֵּךְ — this · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דֵּךְ (lemma:דֵּךְ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 13 times: this. BDB 1906: demonstr. pr. this. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֵּךְ

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«דֵּךְ» 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:** 13 times · **Key:** lemma:דֵּךְ · **BDB:** דֵּךְ

### Glosses

this (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

demonstr. pr. this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. pr. m. this, f. דָּךְ; only Ezr; Dn uses דִּכֵּן (Egyptian and Cappad. Aramaic זך (CIS ii. 151 RÉS 361 B S-CPap. (f. דכא, דכי ib.F 6, 9), LzbEph. i. 67); 𝔗 דֵּיכֵי, f. דָּךְ; Arabic ذَاكَ; Ethiopic ዝኩ From ذَا, זֶה, דָּא (f.), with the affix ך (WCG 110), thus lit. = Germ. dieser da. The pl. is אִלֵּךְ, q.v.);—this (always after its subst.), Ezr 5:16 שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר דֵּךְ, v 17 בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דֵךְ, 6:7, 8, 12; f. 4:13, 15(×2), 16, 19, 21 all קִרְיְתָא דָךְ, 5:8.

### Jastrow 1903

דֵּךְ: this, that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (דא with format. ך; cmp. דּוּךְ II) this, that. Ezra V, 16; a. fr. Ib. IV, 13; a. fr.—Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 19 דּיכִּי ed. Berl. (ed. דֵּיכִי). Targ. Jud. VI, 20; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 5; Yalk. Ps. 848; (play on דָּכְיָם, Ps. XCIII, 3) להָדֵךְ ימא unto this sea there; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. להדך פלן, expl. לדוכתא פלן. B. Mets. 86ᵃ מרי דיכי the lord of this (breeze) here.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 11 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, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֵּךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/)

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כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃

*Word for word:* now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made

*JPS 1917:* Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

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[Ezra 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/)

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שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

*JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

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