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title: דֹּב — bear · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דֹּב (lemma:דֹּב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: bear. BDB 1906: bear. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֹּב

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«דֹּב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **bear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:דֹּב · **BDB:** דֹּב

### Glosses

bear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b9_5bc_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b9_5bc_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bear (so 𝔗 BH √ דבב; Syriac ܕܶܒܳܐ );—abs. ד׳ Dn 7:5.

### Jastrow 1903

דּוֹב: murmurer bear temptation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b9_5bc_5d1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** c. (b. h.; \[murmurer,\] bear. Kidd. 72ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 2ᵇ; Meg. 11ᵃ (used of Persians, ref. to Dan. VII, 5).—Allegorically: temptation. Num. R. s. 13; a. e., v. גָּרָה.—Pl. דּוּבִּים. Snh. 107ᵇ

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דֹּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b9_5bc_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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