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

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«נִדְנֵה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **sheath** — 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:נִדְנֵה · **BDB:** נִדְנֵ֑ה

### Glosses

of.\[the\].sheath (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sheath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sheath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Mas Baer) n. \[m.\] sheath (𝔗 נְדָן, לְדָן; v. BH (late) נָדָן, Pers. loan-word);—רוּחִי … בְּגוֹ נ׳ Dn 7:15 my spirit in (its) sheath, i.e. my body; נִדְנָה emph., or sf. נִדְנַהּ (K§ 54. 3. β)); or (NöGGA. 1884, 1022 Bev) נְדָנַהּ; but expression at best strange; read prob. בְּגִין דְּנָה on account of this (בְּגִין as 𝔗J; D§ 47. 3 (2nd ed. 47. 10)), M72\* cf. Buhl Dr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «נִדְנֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/)

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אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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