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

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«כְּתַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wall** — 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:כְּתַל · **BDB:** כְּתַל

### Glosses

the (1); the.wall (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (K§ 54, 3 a) ε) and c)) n.\[m.\] wall (BH כֹּתֶל, √ כחל);—cstr. כ׳ Dn 5:5; pl. emph. כֻּתְלַיָּא Ezr 5:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּתַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.5/)

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בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה נְפַ֙קָה֙ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* at it the moment they.went.forth fingers (diy).of a.hand of.a.human and \[they.were\].writing (to) before the candlestick on the plaster (diy).of the.wall of the.palace (diy).of the king and the king \[was\].seeing the.palm of the.hand which \[was\].writing

*JPS 1917:* In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.

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[Ezra 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.8/)

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יְדִ֣יעַ ׀ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֗א דִּֽי־אֲזַ֜לְנָא לִיה֤וּד מְדִֽינְתָּא֙ לְבֵית֙ אֱלָהָ֣א רַבָּ֔א וְה֤וּא מִתְבְּנֵא֙ אֶ֣בֶן גְּלָ֔ל וְאָ֖ע מִתְּשָׂ֣ם בְּכֻתְלַיָּ֑א וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּא דָ֛ךְ אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא מִתְעַבְדָ֖א וּמַצְלַ֥ח בְּיֶדְהֹֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that we.went to Judea the province to the.house of the.God (the) great and it \[is\].being.built stone of.rolling and timber \[is\].being.set in the walls and the work this diligently \[is\].being.done and.\[is\] prospering in hand their

*JPS 1917:* Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

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