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title: חֱזוּ — vision · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֱזוּ (lemma:חֱזוּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 12 times: vision. BDB 1906: n.m. vision, appearance. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֱזוּ

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«חֱזוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **vision** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** lemma:חֱזוּ · **BDB:** חֱזוּ

### Glosses

the.visions (8); appearance (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b1_5d6_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vision, appearance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b1_5d6_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. vision, appearance;—emph. חֶזְוָא (K§ 55, 6 b)) Dn 2:19; sf. -וִי 7:2, -וִהּ v 20; pl. cstr. חֶזְוֵי 2:28 +;— vision (as mode of revelation) 2:19 (ח׳ דִּי לֵילְיָא), 7:2, so 7:7, 13, ח׳ רֵישָׁא 2:28; 4:2, 7, 10; 7:1, 15, ח׳ חֶלְמָא 4:6 (GieGGA, 1895, 598 reads אֲחַוֵּא I will relate). appearance 7:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֱזוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b1_5d6_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/)

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אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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[Daniel 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.2/)

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חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* a.dream I.saw and it made.me.afraid and imaginings on bed my and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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