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

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«דֶּתֶא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **grass** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:דֶּתֶא · **BDB:** דֶּ֫תֶא

### Glosses

the (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b6_5bc_5ea_5b6_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

grass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b6_5bc_5ea_5b6_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] grass (so 𝔗 Syriac; BH דֶּשֶׁא);—emph. דִּתְאָא Dn 4:12, 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֶּתֶא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b6_5bc_5ea_5b6_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/)

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בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the animal\[s\] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

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[Daniel 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.20/)

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וְדִ֣י חֲזָ֣ה מַלְכָּ֡א עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֣ישׁ נָחִ֣ת ׀ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֡א וְאָמַר֩ גֹּ֨דּוּ אִֽילָנָ֜א וְחַבְּל֗וּהִי בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֧ל שְׁמַיָּ֣א יִצְטַבַּ֗ע וְעִם־חֵיוַ֤ת בָּרָא֙ חֲלָקֵ֔הּ עַ֛ד דִּֽי־שִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֥וּן עֲלֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* and that he.saw the king a.watcher and a.holy.\[one\] coming.down from the heavens and saying cut.down! the tree and destroy it nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the.animal\[s\] of the.field portion its until that seven times they.will.pass over it

*JPS 1917:* And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and saying: Hew down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him —

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