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title: נְקֵא — clean · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְקֵא (lemma:נְקֵא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: clean. BDB 1906: adj. clean, pure. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְקֵא

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«נְקֵא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **clean** — 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:נְקֵא · **BDB:** נְקֵא

### Glosses

\[was\].pure (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e7_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. clean, pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e7_5b5_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. clean, pure (v. BH נקה);—כַּעֲמַר נ׳ Dn 7:9 like pure wool.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְקֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5e7_5b5_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/)

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חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.\[one\] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow \[was\].white and the.hair of his.head like wool \[was\].pure throne his \[was\].flames (diy).of fire wheels its \[were\].fire burning

*JPS 1917:* I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

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