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title: נְצַח — distinguish oneself · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְצַח (lemma:נְצַח), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: distinguish oneself. BDB 1906: vb. distinguish oneself. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְצַח

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«נְצַח» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **distinguish oneself** — 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:נְצַח · **BDB:** נְצַח

### Glosses

distinguishing.himself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distinguish oneself [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. distinguish oneself [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. distinguish oneself (v. BH I. נצח);—Pt. מִתְנַצַּח Dn 6:4, עַל pers.

### Jastrow 1903

נְצַח: to be glad, to sing to succeed, thrive to be victorious to conquer, overpower to cheer up, play to be bright, shine, excel to be defeated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d7/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to be glad, to sing. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 והוה נָצַח וכ׳ it flew singing among \&c. to succeed, thrive. Targ. Koh. XI, 2. to be victorious. Targ. O. Ex. XXXII, 18, v. נַצְחָא; a. e.—Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ נַצְחוּ טליא the boys (John Hyrcan’s sons) have won the battle; Bab. Sot. 33ᵃ; Tosef. ib. XIII, 5. Tam. 32ᵃ, v. סִטְנָא; a. e. to conquer, overpower. Targ. Y. Num. XVI, 14; a. e.—Lam. R. to I, 13 (expl. וירדנה ib.) נַצְּחָהּ (not נצחא) he conquered her. to cheer up, play. Y. Ter. VIII, end, 46ᶜ וא׳ קדמיהון and played before them; (Gen. R. s. 63 מוזגה, v. מְזַג). to be bright, shine, excel. Targ. Ez. XIX, 11. Ib. XXXI, 8; a. e. to be defeated. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXII, 18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְצַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.4/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel this he.was distinguishing.himself over the overseers and the satraps as to because that a.spirit extraordinary \[was\].in him and the king \[was\].planning to appoint him over all the kingdom

*JPS 1917:* Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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