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

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«טַבָּח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **guardsman** — 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:טַבָּח · **BDB:** טַבָּח

### Glosses

the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

guardsman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b7_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. guardsman [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b7_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. guardsman (v. BH id.; √ טבח);—pl. emph. טַבָּחַיָּא Dn 2:14.

### Jastrow 1903

טַבָּח: meat-dresser, butcher, cook [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b7_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) meat-dresser, butcher, cook. Bets. 28ᵃ ט׳ אומן a professional butcher; a. fr.—Pl. טַבָּחִים. Kidd. IV, 14; a. e.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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 «טַבָּח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b7_5d1_5b8_5bc_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.14/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן דָּנִיֵּ֗אל הֲתִיב֙ עֵטָ֣א וּטְעֵ֔ם לְאַרְי֕וֹךְ רַב־טַבָּחַיָּ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א דִּ֚י נְפַ֣ק לְקַטָּלָ֔ה לְחַכִּימֵ֖י בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel he.sent.back counsel and discretion to Arioch the.chief the executioners (diy).of the king who he.went.out to kill (et).the wise.men of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and discretion to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

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