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title: דָּת — decree · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דָּת (lemma:דָּת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 14 times: decree. BDB 1906: n.f. decree, law. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּת

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«דָּת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **decree** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** lemma:דָּת · **BDB:** דָּת

### Glosses

the (3); the.law (3); of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

decree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. decree, law [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 6:9 decree, law (Syriac; Pers. loan-word, v. BH);—ד׳ abs. Dn 6:16; 7:25, cstr. Ezr 7:14 +; emph. דָּתָא Ezr 7:12 +; sf. דָּֽתְכוֹן Dn 2:9;— decree of king Dn 2:13, 15; Ezr 7:26; c. sf. Dn 2:9 decree against you. unchangeable law of Medes and Pers. Dn 6:9, 13, 16. law of God (in mouth of non-Jews): Dn 6:6 Ezr 7:12, 14, 21, 26, so (abs.) Dn 7:25; laws of God Ezr 7:25.

### Jastrow 1903

דָּת ²

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Dan. VI, 16. Ib. II, 15; a. fr.—Pl. constr. דָּתֵי. Ezra VII, 25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.13/)

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וְדָתָ֣א נֶפְקַ֔ת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין וּבְע֛וֹ דָּנִיֵּ֥אל וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the decree it.went.out and the.wise men \[were\].about.to.be.killed and they.sought Daniel and companions his to be.killed

*JPS 1917:* So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

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[Ezra 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.12/)

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אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א דִּֽי־אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛א גְּמִ֖יר וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃

*Word for word:* Artaxerxes the.king of.(the) kings to Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens perfect and now

*JPS 1917:* 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth.

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