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title: טְרַד — chase away · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: טְרַד (lemma:טְרַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: chase away. BDB 1906: vb. chase away Peʿîl. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טְרַד

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«טְרַד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **chase away** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:טְרַד · **BDB:** טְרַד

### Glosses

he.was.chased (2); \[they.are\].about.to.chase (1); \[they.will.be\].chasing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

chase away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. chase away Peʿîl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. chase away (v. BH);— Pt. act. pl. טָֽרְדִין, ל acc. pers. + מִן pers. Dn 4:22, 29. Peʿîl Pf. 3 ms. טְרִיד (WCG 224), subj. pers. + מִן 4:30; 5:21.

### Jastrow 1903

טְרַד I: to trouble, stir up, keep in commotion to banish, expel to be banished to be troubled to quarrel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to trouble, stir up, keep in commotion. B. Bath. 168ᵇ הוו קא טַרְדֵּי ליה they were troubling him (begging persistently).—Part. pass. טָרִיד, f. טְרִידָא; pl. טְרִידִין, טְרִידָן. Targ. Is. LVII, 20 (h. text נגרש). Targ. Nah. II, 5 ברקין ט׳, v. preced.—Ber. 16ᵇ הכא ט׳ in the one case his mind is preoccupied. Erub. 68ᵃ טְרִידְנָא בגירסאי I am engrossed in my studies. Snh. 108ᵇ \[read:\] דהות טריד (or דטְרִידַת; Ms. F., טְרִיחַת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) that thou wert troubled (in my behalf); Yalk. Job 917 \[read:\] חמית דטרידת וכ׳; a. fr. to banish, expel. Targ. Y. Gen. III, 24; a. fr.— to be banished. Targ. Prov. XXV, 5. Targ. Y. Gen. XXVII, 45; a. e. to be troubled. Ber. 35ᵇ; Yalk. Deut. 863 דלא תִיטַּרְדּוּ וכ׳ that you may not be troubled about support \&c. to quarrel. Arakh. 16ᵇ אתי לאִיטְּרוּדֵי he may get into a quarrel.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טְרַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.30/)

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בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗א מִלְּתָא֮ סָ֣פַת עַל־נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר֒ וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁ֣א טְרִ֔יד וְעִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יֵאכֻ֔ל וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּ֥י שַׂעְרֵ֛הּ כְּנִשְׁרִ֥ין רְבָ֖ה וְטִפְר֥וֹהִי כְצִפְּרִֽין׃

*Word for word:* at it the moment the word it.was.fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar and away.from (the) humankind he.was.chased and (the) grass like oxen he.ate and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that hair his like eagles it.grew.long and nails his \[were\].like birds

*JPS 1917:* The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair was grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

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[Daniel 4:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.29/)

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וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁא֩ לָ֨ךְ טָֽרְדִ֜ין וְֽעִם־חֵיוַ֧ת בָּרָ֣א מְדֹרָ֗ךְ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ לָ֣ךְ יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עֲלָ֑ךְ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֤יט עִלָּיָא֙בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from (the) humankind (et) you \[they.are\].about.to.chase and \[will.be\].with the.animal\[s\] of the.field your.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen to you they.will.feed and seven times they.will.pass over you until that you.will.know (diy).that \[is\].having.mastery the.Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he will.give.it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.'

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