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title: חֲסַף — clay · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲסַף (lemma:חֲסַף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 9 times: clay. BDB 1906: clay, potsherd. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲסַף

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«חֲסַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **clay** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲסַף · **BDB:** חֲסַף

### Glosses

the (3); \[were\].clay (2); the.clay (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e1_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

clay, potsherd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e1_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] clay, potsherd (𝔗 id.; Chr-Pal. ܚܣܦܐ clay vessel, ܚܨܒܢܐ pl. potsherds Schulth 68, Syriac ܚܶܨܦܳܐ potsherd; 𝔗 חַצְבָא, NH חָצָב clay vessel; Assyrian ḫaṣbu, id.; ܚܨܰܦ jar (PS 1238), whence Arabic خَزَفٌ pottery Frä 169, but Sab. חסף jar, according to HomZMG xlvi (1892), 532; cf. Ethiopic ܚܶܙܒܳܐ: jar (transp.; Di 1265); v. BH \[חַסְפַּם\]);—ח׳ abs. Dn 2:41 (ח׳ דִּי פֶּחָר), חֲסַ֑ף v 33, 42; cstr. ח׳ טִינָא v 41, 43; emph. חַסְפָּא v 34, 35, 43, 45.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲסַף II: rough clay clay vessel something with which to peel or scrape fragment of vessel, potsherd [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e1_5b7_5e3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) (= h. חֶרֶשׂ) rough clay, מאנא דח׳ clay vessel (common and easily broken). (common and easily broken). Targ. O. Lev. XI, 33; a. e. \[something with which to peel or scrape,\] fragment of a vessel, potsherd. Targ. Prov. XXVI, 23.—Yeb. 92ᵇ, a. e., v. דְּלֵי. Kidd. 18ᵃ (prov.) נקיט … יהיבנא ליה ח׳ he had a pearl in his hand, and we give him a sherd, i.e. for a valuable object we give him a valueless paper; a. fr.—Pl. חַסְפִּין, חִ׳. Gen. R. s. 14, v. דְּבַק; Midr. Till. to Ps. II; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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 agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲסַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e1_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.33/)

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שָׁק֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֑ל רַגְל֕וֹהִי מִנְּהֵין֙ דִּ֣י פַרְזֶ֔ל וּמִנְּהֵ֖ין דִּ֥י חֲסַֽף׃

*Word for word:* legs its \[were\].(diy).of iron feet its some of.them \[were\].(diy).of iron and some of.them \[were\].(diy).of clay

*JPS 1917:* its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.

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[Daniel 2:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.42/)

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וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙ רַגְלַיָּ֔א מִנְּהֵ֥ין פַּרְזֶ֖ל וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין חֲסַ֑ף מִן־קְצָ֤ת מַלְכוּתָא֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֣ה תַקִּיפָ֔ה וּמִנַּ֖הּ תֶּהֱוֵ֥ה תְבִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.toes of the.feet some of.them \[were\].iron and some of.them \[were\].clay some.of the.part of the.kingdom it.will.be strong and some of.it it.will.be breakable

*JPS 1917:* And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.

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