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title: דָּא — this · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דָּא (lemma:דָּא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: this. BDB 1906: demonstr. pr. this. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּא

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«דָּא» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:דָּא · **BDB:** דָּא

### Glosses

this.\[one\] (4); \[is\].this (1); this (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

demonstr. pr. this [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. pr. f. this (= BH זֹה: Zinj. Têma, Cappad. Egyptian Aramaic זא, Nab. דא, Palm. דה (Lzb 264; Eph. i. 323 Cooke 26), 𝔗 דא: v. further sub BH זֶה. The corresp. masc. is דְּנָה);—this, Dn 4:27 הֲלָא דָא הִיא בָּבֶל רַבְּתָא, 5:6 דָּא לְדָא נָֽקְשָׁן one striking another, cf.7:3 (v. זֶה 1 b), v 8 בְקַרְנָא־דָא. דָּארִין v. \[דּוּר\].

### Jastrow 1903

דָּא I: this not in this case [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= h. זוֹ, זֹאת) this; with prefix ה, (הֲדָא) הָדָא, cmp. אָדָא I. Targ. Gen. II, 23; a. fr.—Ned. 41ᵃ (prov.) דְּדָא ביה וכ׳ in whom there is this (wisdom), in him there is everything.—דא ודא this and that, both. Sabb. 52ᵇ ד׳ וד׳ (אחת) חדא היא all sorts of rings come under the same law; a. fr.—Y. Succ. I, 52ᶜ top הדא אמרה היא הדא וכ׳ this proves \&c., v. אָדָא I.—הדא היא דכתיב (abbr. הה"ד) it is this which Scripture says, thus we read. Y. Sot. I, 17ᵇ bot.; Gen. R. s. 2; a. v. fr.—Y. Gitt. IV, 45ᵈ bot. introduced his lecture בדה with this.—לא בְדָא not in this case, i.e. the law does not apply to this. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵇ bot.; a. fr.—Y. Taan. II, 66ᵃ bot. לא בדא הלכה וכ׳ not in this case is the practice in agreement with the anonymous opinion.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/)

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וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and four beasts great \[were\].coming.up from the sea \[they.were\].different this.\[one\] from this.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

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[Daniel 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.6/)

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אֱדַ֤יִן מַלְכָּא֙ זִיוֺ֣הִי שְׁנ֔וֹהִי וְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִייְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ וְקִטְרֵ֤י חַרְצֵהּ֙ מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ דָּ֥א לְדָ֖א נָֽקְשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* then the king brightness(es) his they changed.him and thoughts his they alarmed.him and the.joints of his.loin\[s\] \[were\].loosened and knees his this.\[one\] to this.\[one\] \[were\].knocking

*JPS 1917:* Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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