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

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«דּוּרָא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **Dura** — 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:דּוּרָא · **BDB:** דּוּרָא

### Glosses

of.Dura (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Dura [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. near Bab., only בִּקְעֶת ד׳ Dn 3:1, 𝔊 τοῦ περιβόλου (Syro-Hex. περίβολον), Θ Δεειρα; Dûru is name of several places in Babylonia DlPar. 216; Baer Dn. p. x, cf.AndrM 58\*; Hoffm Pers. Märtyrer 164 f.; name of small river and mounds Opp Expéd. i. 238 f. (v. Dr); improb. expl. as = زور zôr, depression (name actually used of lower Euphr. and Tigris valleys) by Wetzst De Jes3 701 f.; Bab. dûru = wall.

### Jastrow 1903

\*דּוּרָא IV: Be-Dura Davvara [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , or דַּוָּרָא, בֵּי ך׳ (cmp. דַּוָּאר I) Be-Dura (Davvara), a station near Hagronia. Ber. 31ᵃ ed. (Ms. M. דיירא, without בי; Ms. F. בי דירא; oth. var. דראי, דרא, בי דודא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5bc_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.1/)

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its \[was\].cubits sixty width its \[was\].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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