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title: מָרֵא — lord · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מָרֵא (lemma:מָרֵא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: lord. BDB 1906: n.m. lord. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרֵא

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«מָרֵא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **lord** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:מָרֵא · **BDB:** מָרֵא

### Glosses

lord (2); O (1); the.lord (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lord [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. lord (𝔗 מָר, c. מָרֵי; Syriac ܡܳܪܶܐ, e. ܡܳܪܳܐ, ܡܳܪܝܳܐ, Egyptian Aramaic מרא (RÉSi. 361); Chr-Pal. ܡܐܪ, etc., SchulthLex. 115; Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. מר(א) (Lzb316); cf. n.pr. dei מרנא (μαρνα), god of Gaza, SAC77; also Arabic مَرْءٌ man, Sab. מרא man, lord HomChr 127; AA 293 RÉSi. 454, 2);—lord: of God, cstr. מ׳ שְׁמַיָּא Dn 5:23, מָרֵה מַלְכִין 2:47; of king, sf. מָֽרְאִי Kt (as Nab., SACl.c.; K§ 58, 1), Qr מָרִי (as Palm., SACl.c.) 4:16, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 «מָרֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b5_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.21/)

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דְּנָ֥ה פִשְׁרָ֖א מַלְכָּ֑א וּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִלָּאָה֙ הִ֔יא דִּ֥י מְטָ֖ת עַל־מָרִ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the interpretation O king and.\[is\] the.decree of the.Most.High it which it.has.reached to lord my the king

*JPS 1917:* this is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which is come upon my lord the king,

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[Daniel 2:47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.47/)

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עָנֵה֩ מַלְכָּ֨א לְדָנִיֵּ֜אל וְאָמַ֗ר מִן־קְשֹׁט֙ דִּ֣י אֱלָהֲכ֗וֹן ה֣וּא אֱלָ֧הּ אֱלָהִ֛ין וּמָרֵ֥א מַלְכִ֖ין וְגָלֵ֣ה רָזִ֑ין דִּ֣י יְכֵ֔לְתָּ לְמִגְלֵ֖א רָזָ֥ה דְנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king to Daniel and.\[was\] saying from truth (diy).that God your he \[is.the\].God of.gods and.\[the\] lord of.kings and \[one.who\].reveals secrets that you.have.been.able to reveal the secret this

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke unto Daniel, and said: 'Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.'

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