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title: חֲדֵה — joy · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲדֵה (lemma:חֲדֵה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: joy. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲדֵה

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«חֲדֵה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **joy** — 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:חֲדֵה

### Glosses

breast(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

joy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d3_5b5_5d4/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲדֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d3_5b5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/)

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ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* that the image head its \[was\].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its \[were\].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its \[were\].(diy).of bronze

*JPS 1917:* As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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