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

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«זְהִיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **warned** — 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:זְהִיר · **BDB:** זְהַר

### Glosses

cautious (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

warned [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5d4_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5d4_5b4_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pt. pass. pl. זְהִירִין Ezr 4:22 be warned (𝔗 Syriac, cf. BH II. \[זָהַר\] Hiph. warn).

### Jastrow 1903

זהִיר

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Y. Gen. XLIX, 26 וזָ׳ ביקרא וכ׳ guarding the honor \&c.—Pl. זְהִירִין. Ezra IV, 22.—Targ. Y. Deut. XII, 16.—V. זְהַר.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זְהִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b0_5d4_5b4_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/)

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וּזְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְמֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל־דְּנָ֑ה לְמָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ס

*Word for word:* and cautious be negligence to do concerning this why? will.it.grow.great the damage to injury kings

*JPS 1917:* And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?'

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