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title: חֲמַר — wine · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲמַר (lemma:חֲמַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: wine. BDB 1906: n.m. wine. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲמַר

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«חֲמַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wine** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲמַר · **BDB:** חֲמַר

### Glosses

(the) (2); wine (2); of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wine (𝔗 Syriac; BH חֶמֶר (poet. and late), √ I. חמר);—abs. ח׳ Ezr 6:9; 7:22; emph. חַמְרָא Dn 5:1, 2, 4, 23.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲמַר III: wine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) wine(b. h. . Targ. Num. VI, 3; a. fr.—Targ. Hos. III, 1 בחַמְרֵיה ed. Lag. (ed. בחבריה, corr. acc.) in his wine (intoxication).—Sabb. 77ᵃ, a. e., v. דְּרֵי II. Ḥull. 112ᵃ קרי ליה חמר בשר (Ar. המר) called it (that juice) meat-wine.—Gen. R. s. 91 end ח׳ קטף wine mixed with resin.—Erub. 53ᵇ, v. אִימַּר; a. fr.—Pl. חַמְרִין. Targ. Y. Gen. L, 1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (16 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.1/)

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בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ לְחֶ֣ם רַ֔ב לְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי אֲלַ֑ף וְלָקֳבֵ֥ל אַלְפָּ֖א חַמְרָ֥א שָׁתֵֽה׃

*Word for word:* Belshazzar the king he.made a.feast great for nobles his a.thousand and (to) before the thousand (the) wine \[he.was\].drinking

*JPS 1917:* Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.

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[Daniel 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.4/)

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אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃

*Word for word:* they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone

*JPS 1917:* They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

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