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title: לְוָת — to · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: לְוָת (lemma:לְוָת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: to. BDB 1906: prep. to, at, beside. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְוָת

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«לְוָת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **to** — 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:לְוָת · **BDB:** לְוָת

### Glosses

beside (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d5_5b8_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

prep. to, at, beside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d5_5b8_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** prep. to, at, beside (der. uncertain; v.K 128 n.; perhaps akin to לָוָה, לְוִי, ܠܘܺܝ join; 𝔗 לְוָת, Syriac ܠܘܳܬ to), c. מִן, Ezr 4:12 the Jews which came up מִן־לְוָתָךְ from thee (de chez toi; cf. ܡܶܢ ܠܘܳܬ, מִלְּוַת, e.g. Ex 8:8; 9:33 𝔖 𝔗 = Heb. מֵעִם).

### Jastrow 1903

לְוָת: unto; with unto me, unto thee from the presence of [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d5_5b8_5ea/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (v. יַת, כְּוָת)unto; with. Targ. Gen. II, 19 לְוַת (constr.); a. v. fr.—With suff. לְוָתִי, לְוָתָךְ \&c. unto me, unto thee \&c. Ib. XXXIX, 15, sq. (h. text אֵצֶל); a. v. fr.—מִלְּוַת from the presence of. Targ. Ex. IX, 33; a. e.—B. Kam. 111ᵇ; B. Mets. 62ᵇ bot. כי שכיבנא … נפק לוותי when I die, R. O. shall come to meet me; a. fr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְוָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b0_5d5_5b8_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/)

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יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil \[they.are\].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing

*JPS 1917:* be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.

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