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title: מְדוֹר — dwelling-place · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְדוֹר (lemma:מְדוֹר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: dwelling-place. BDB 1906: dwelling-place. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְדוֹר

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«מְדוֹר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dwelling-place** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:מְדוֹר · **BDB:** מְדוּר

### Glosses

your.dwelling (2); his.dwelling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dwelling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d3_5d5_5b9_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dwelling-place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d3_5d5_5b9_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dwelling-place;—sf. מְדֹרָךְ Dn 4:22, 29, מְדוֹרֵהּ 5:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְדוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5d3_5d5_5b9_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.29/)

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וּמִן־אֲנָשָׁא֩ לָ֨ךְ טָֽרְדִ֜ין וְֽעִם־חֵיוַ֧ת בָּרָ֣א מְדֹרָ֗ךְ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ לָ֣ךְ יְטַעֲמ֔וּן וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עֲלָ֑ךְ עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֤יט עִלָּיָא֙בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from (the) humankind (et) you \[they.are\].about.to.chase and \[will.be\].with the.animal\[s\] of the.field your.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen to you they.will.feed and seven times they.will.pass over you until that you.will.know (diy).that \[is\].having.mastery the.Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he will.give.it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt be driven from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; thou shalt be made to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee; until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.'

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[Daniel 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.21/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵי֩ אֲנָשָׁ֨א טְרִ֜יד וְלִבְבֵ֣הּ ׀ עִם־חֵיוְתָ֣א שַׁוִּ֗יְווְעִם־עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙ מְדוֹרֵ֔הּ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יְטַ֣עֲמוּנֵּ֔הּ וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּֽי־יְדַ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֞יט אֱלָהָ֤א עִלָּאָה֙ בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖ה יְהָקֵ֥ים עֲלַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from the.sons of.(the) humankind he.was.chased and heart his with the animal\[s\] they.made and.\[was\] with the.wild donkeys his.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen they fed.him and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that he.knew (diy).that \[was\].having.mastery (the) God (the).Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he.will.appoint over it

*JPS 1917:* and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that God Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that He setteth up over it whomsoever He will.

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