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title: דּוּר — dwell · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: דּוּר (lemma:דּוּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: dwell. BDB 1906: vb. dwell. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּר

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«דּוּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dwell** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:דּוּר · **BDB:** דּוּר

### Glosses

the.inhabitants (2); \[are\].dwelling (1); \[they.are\].dwelling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dwell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dwell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. dwell (v. BH);— Impf. 3 fs. of beasts תְּדוּר Dn 4:18; 3 mpl. birds יְדֻרוּן v 9 (Qr f. יִדוּרָן, f. subj., צִפֲּרֵי, follows, cf.v 18 and K§ 98, 2 c, Anm. 3); Pt. pl. of men, דָּארִין Kt 2:38; 3:31; 6:26 (Qr דָּֽיְרִין); as subst., cstr. דָּארֵי Kt 4:32(×2) (Qr דָּֽיְרֵי) dwellers.

### Jastrow 1903

דּוּר: to dwell to go around, to peddle to deposit manure Pi to place around in row to round person, to overtake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to dwell. Targ. Ps. CV, 23; a. fr.—Pes. 113ᵃ top (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6).—Part. דָּאִיר, דָּיֵיר. Targ. Ps. LVII, 5 דָיְירָא Ms. (ed. חיירא).—Yeb. 52ᵃ דאיר בבי וכ׳ he resides with his father-in-law. B. Mets. 117ᵃ דהוו דָיְירֵי who occupied. Taan. 24ᵃ דָּיִירְנָא וכ׳ I live in a poor village. , דַּיֵּיר to go around, to peddle (cmp. h. סָחַר). R. Hash. 9ᵇ (expl. דְּרוֹר, Lev. XXV, 10) כמְדַיֵּיר דיירא ומוביל וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. בי דיירא, Ar. s. v. דר 3: כי מדַוַּאר דריא) as a traveller is licensed to go around and carry his goods through the whole district. to deposit manure, v. preced.Pi.—B. Kam. 113ᵇ הני דדַיְּירֵי דירי Rashi (ed. דרי, Ms. R. דמְדַיְּירֵי דיירי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) those (gentiles) who manure fields for pay by letting cattle live on them in folds. to place around (in a row, Rashi). Kidd. 81ᵃ ד׳ גולפי placed jugs around (as a partition).— to round a person, to overtake. B. Kam. 92ᵇ; B. Mets. 107ᵇ (prov.) רהוט … ולא דַּוְּורוּהוּ וכ׳ Ar. (ed. מטו, אמטו) runners run but overtake not one who has taken a morning meal.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (25 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.31/)

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[are\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* 'Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; peace be multiplied unto you.

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[Daniel 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.26/)

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בֵּאדַ֜יִן דָּרְיָ֣וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כְּ֠תַב לְֽכָל־עַֽמְמַיָּ֞א אֻמַיָּ֧א וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֛א דִּֽי־דָיְרִ֥ין בְּכָל־אַרְעָ֖א שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן יִשְׂגֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Darius the king he.wrote to all the peoples the nations and the languages which \[were\].dwelling in all the earth peace your may.it.increase

*JPS 1917:* Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: 'Peace be multiplied unto you.

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