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title: חֵיוָה — declare · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֵיוָה (lemma:חֵיוָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 20 times: declare. BDB 1906: n.f. beast. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵיוָה

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«חֵיוָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **declare** — 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:** 20 times · **Key:** lemma:חֵיוָה · **BDB:** חֵיוָא

### Glosses

the (9); the.animal\[s\] (6); a.beast (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5d9_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. beast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5d9_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. beast (BH ii. חַיָּה);—abs. א—ָ Dn 4:13, ה—ָ 7:5, 7; emph. חֵיוְתָא 7:6, 11, 19, 23, and (coll.) 4:11, 12; 5:21; cstr. (coll.) חֵיוַת בָּרָא 2:38; 4:9, 18, 20, 22, 29; pl. abs. חֵיוָן 7:3, emph. חֵיוָתָא 7:7, 12, 17.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵיוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b5_5d9_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/)

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וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and four beasts great \[were\].coming.up from the sea \[they.were\].different this.\[one\] from this.\[one\]

*JPS 1917:* And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

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[Daniel 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/)

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אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* these the beasts (the) great which they \[are\].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth

*JPS 1917:* 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth.

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