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

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«יָעֵט» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **counsellor** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:יָעֵט · **BDB:** יְעַט

### Glosses

counselors (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

counsellor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. advise Ithpa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. advise (so JAram.; BH יעץ);—Ithpa. Pf. 3 mpl. אִתְיָעַ֫טוּ (K§§ 23, 1, Anm.; 39, 5) Dn 6:8 recipr. took counsel with each other, sq. inf.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָעֵט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.15/)

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וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה כְּסַ֣ף וּדְהַ֑ב דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי הִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דִּ֥י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to carry silver and gold which the king and counselors his they.have.offered.freely to the.God of.Israel who \[is\].in Jerusalem abode his

*JPS 1917:* and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

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[Ezra 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ שְׁלִ֔יחַ לְבַקָּרָ֥א עַל־יְה֖וּד וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖ךְ דִּ֥י בִידָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* as to because that from before the king and seven counselors his \[you.are\].sent to enquire on Judah and to Jerusalem in the.law of your.God which \[is\].in hand your

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

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