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title: יְצַב — make certain · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יְצַב (lemma:יְצַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: make certain. BDB 1906: vb. Pa. make certain, gain certainty. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְצַב

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«יְצַב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **make certain** — 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:יְצַב · **BDB:** יְצַב

### Glosses

make.certain (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make certain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pa. make certain, gain certainty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pa. make certain, gain certainty (𝔗; cf. BH);— Inf. לְיַצָּבָא Dn 7:19, c. עַל concerning.

### Jastrow 1903

יְצַב: to establish to ascertain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** ; Pa. יַצֵּב to establish. \[Dan. VII, 19 to ascertain.\] Targ. I Chr. IV, 23.—V. נְצַב.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְצַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּרָֽפְסָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then I.desired to make.certain concerning the beast (the) fourth which it.was different from all of.them \[it.was\].terrible exceedingly tooth its \[were\].(diy).of iron and claws its \[were\].(diy).of bronze \[it.was\].devouring \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with feet its \[it.was\].trampling

*JPS 1917:* Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

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