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

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«זָכוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **purity** — 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:זָכוּ · **BDB:** זָכוּ

### Glosses

innocence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5db_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. purity, innocence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5db_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 61, 4) n.f. purity, innocence (cf. BH זָכָה, also 𝔗 דְּכָא, Syriac ܙܟܳܐ be clean (Arabic ܙܺܝܘܳܐ is be bright (of fire), acute (of mind), etc.), or Arabic ذَكَا be pure, good, 𝔗 זְכָא, Syriac ܙܟܳܐ be pure, innocent; are these forms with ז secondary? or ancient ‖?);—abs. ז׳ Dn 6:23 innocence in God’s sight.

### Jastrow 1903

זָכוּ

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. זְכוּתָא

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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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָכוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5b8_5db_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.23/)

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אֱלָהִ֞י שְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאֲכֵ֗הּ וּֽסֲגַ֛ר פֻּ֥ם אַרְיָוָתָ֖א וְלָ֣א חַבְּל֑וּנִי כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י קָֽדָמ֙וֹהִי֙ זָכוּ֙ הִשְׁתְּכַ֣חַת לִ֔י וְאַ֤ף קָֽדָמָךְ֙ מַלְכָּ֔א חֲבוּלָ֖ה לָ֥א עַבְדֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* God my he.sent angel his and he.closed the.mouth of the.lions and not they harmed.me as to because that before him innocence it.was.found to me and also before you O king a.hurtful.act not I.have.done

*JPS 1917:* My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.'

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