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title: חֲשַׁח — need · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲשַׁח (lemma:חֲשַׁח), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: need. BDB 1906: vb. need. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲשַׁח

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«חֲשַׁח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **need** — 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:חֲשַׁח · **BDB:** חֲשַׁח

### Glosses

\[are\].needing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

need [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. need [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. need (Assyrian h̬ašâh̬u, crave; Syriac ܚܫܰܚܬܳܐ in need of; not 𝔗);— Pt. pl. חָֽשְׁחִין Dn 3:16, sq. Inf. (van d. H., wrongly, חַשׁ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲשַׁח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e9_5b7_5c1_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.16/)

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עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* they.replied Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and \[they.were\].saying to the king O.Nebuchadnezzar not \[are\].needing we concerning this affair to send back.to.you

*JPS 1917:* Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

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