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title: יְקַד — burn · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: יְקַד (lemma:יְקַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 8 times: burn. BDB 1906: vb. burn. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְקַד

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«יְקַד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **burn** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:יְקַד · **BDB:** יְקַד

### Glosses

(the) (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. burn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. burn (v. BH);— Pt. act. f. יָקִדְתָּא Dn 3:6, 11, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 26.

### Jastrow 1903

יְקַד: to set on fire to set on fire, burn Pa to be burnt to be on fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b7_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** ; also to set on fire. Targ. Is. X, 16. Targ. Y. Ex. III, 2 יָקִיד (Var. יַקִּיד) being burnt into. Targ. Y. II ib. 3.—Y. Yeb. XV, 15ᵃ \[read:\] ערקתא יקְדַּת וספסלה יקד the strap is on fire (heated) and the bench is on fire. Ib. לא ערקתא יקדת וכ׳ the strap was not heated \&c. Cant. R. to III, 4, v. infra. Snh. 33ᵇ, v. מוֹקְדָא I. to set on fire, burn. Targ. Lev. VIII, 17. Targ. II Sam. V, 21 (h. text וישאם, v. יְקוֹד); a. fr.—Pesik. Dibré, p. 112ᵇ וא׳ היכלי he set my Temple on fire. Lam. R. introd., end סליק עפרא יקידא ואוקיד דרעיה glowing dust came up and burnt his arm; Pesik. l. c. p. 114ᵃ; Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵇ וא׳ זרעא and burnt the seed. Lam. R. to I, 13 קרתא יקידא אוֹקִידְתָּא thou hast set on fire a burning city (v. טְחַן); Cant. R. to III, 4 דרא יקידא יַקְּדַּת (Pa.), v. דָּרָא I. to be burnt. Targ. Lev. X, 16. Targ. II Sam. XXIII, 7; a. fr. to be on fire. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᶜ top קבריה דרבך א׳ thy teacher’s (Elisha’s) grave is on fire.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְקַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e7_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.11/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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[Daniel 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.6/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage at it the moment he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'

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