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

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«זוּעַ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **tremble** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:זוּעַ · **BDB:** זוּעַ

### Glosses

trembling (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tremble [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tremble (𝔗 Syriac: cf. BH);— Pt. pl. זָֽאֲעִין Kt, Qr זיְעִין; מִן־קֳדָם pers., Dn 5:19; 6:27.

### Jastrow 1903

זוּעַ ²: to move, tremble; hesitate to shake, frighten to sweat, drip to sweat; to be frightened [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to move, tremble; hesitate. Targ. O. a. Y. II Ex. XX, 15. Targ. O. ib. XIII, 17 (h. text ינחם); a. fr.—Ab. V, 22 מינה לא תָזוּעַ thou shalt not move (deviate) from it (the Law).—Part. זָיַיע. Targ. Jer. IV, 24; a. e.—Lev. R. s. 10 מן … לית את ז׳ thou shalt never leave my palace. to shake, frighten. Targ. Y. Num. VI, 24 מְזַיְּיעֵי frightening demons. to sweat, drip. Targ. Y. Lev. XXVI, 19 (cmp. Sifra a. l., quot. in preced. w.); Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 23 מְזִיעַ (Af.). to shake, frighten. Targ. Jud. VIII, 12; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְזָעָא, f. מְזָעֲתָא. Targ. Prov. XXV, 19 Ms. (ed. מועדא). to sweat; v. supra. to be frightened. Part. מִתְזְיַע. Targ. Prov. XVII, 12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1494/lemma_3a_5d6_5d5_5bc_5e2_5b7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.27/)

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מִן־קֳדָמַי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י ׀ בְּכָל־שָׁלְטָ֣ן מַלְכוּתִ֗י לֶהֱוֺ֤ן זָיְעִין֙ וְדָ֣חֲלִ֔ין מִן־קֳדָ֖ם אֱלָהֵ֣הּ דִּי־דָֽנִיֵּ֑אל דִּי־ה֣וּא ׀ אֱלָהָ֣א חַיָּ֗א וְקַיָּם֙ לְעָ֣לְמִ֔ין וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ דִּֽי־לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עַד־סוֹפָֽא׃

*Word for word:* from before me it.is.made a.decree (diy).that in all the.dominion of my.kingdom they.will.be trembling and fearing from before God his (diy).of Daniel that he \[is\].the God (the) living and \[he.is\].enduring forever and kingdom his \[is.one\].which not it.will.be.destroyed and dominion his \[is\].to the end

*JPS 1917:* I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end;

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[Daniel 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.19/)

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וּמִן־רְבוּתָא֙ דִּ֣י יְהַב־לֵ֔הּ כֹּ֣ל עַֽמְמַיָּ֗א אֻמַיָּא֙ וְלִשָּׁ֣נַיָּ֔א הֲו֛וֹ זָיְעִ֥ין וְדָחֲלִ֖ין מִן־קֳדָמ֑וֹהִי דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨ה צָבֵ֜א הֲוָ֣א קָטֵ֗ל וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ הֲוָ֣ה מַחֵ֔א וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֤ה צָבֵא֙ הֲוָ֣ה מָרִ֔ים וְדִֽי־הֲוָ֥ה צָבֵ֖א הֲוָ֥ה מַשְׁפִּֽיל׃

*Word for word:* and from the greatness which he.gave to him all the peoples the nations and the languages they.were trembling and fearing from before him whom he.was pleased he.was killing and whom he.was pleased he.was letting.live and whom he.was pleased he.was lifting.up and whom he.was pleased he.was bringing.low

*JPS 1917:* and because of the greatness that He gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

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