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title: חַסִּיר — lacking · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חַסִּיר (lemma:חַסִּיר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: lacking. BDB 1906: adj. lacking, wanting, deficient. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַסִּיר

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«חַסִּיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lacking** — 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:חַסִּיר · **BDB:** חַסִּר

### Glosses

lacking (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lacking [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. lacking, wanting, deficient [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. lacking, wanting, deficient (cf. BH חָסֵר);—ח׳ Dn 5:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַסִּיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5e1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.27/)

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תְּקֵ֑ל תְּקִ֥ילְתָּה בְמֹֽאזַנְיָ֖א וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַתְּ חַסִּֽיר׃

*Word for word:* teqel you.have.been.weighed in the scales and you.have.been.found lacking

*JPS 1917:* TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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