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

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«נִפְקָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **outlay** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:נִפְקָה · **BDB:** נִפְקָה

### Glosses

the (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

outlay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. outlay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. outlay;—emph. נִפְקְתָא Ezr 6:4, 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «נִפְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b4_5e4_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃

*Word for word:* rows (diy).of stone of.rolling three and a.row (diy).of timber new and the expense from the.house of the.king let.it.be.given

*JPS 1917:* with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

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[Ezra 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.8/)

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וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ לְמָ֣א דִֽי־תַֽעַבְד֗וּן עִם־שָׂבֵ֤י יְהוּדָיֵא֙ אִלֵּ֔ךְ לְמִבְנֵ֖א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ וּמִנִּכְסֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֗א דִּ֚י מִדַּת֙ עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה אָסְפַּ֗רְנָא נִפְקְתָ֛א תֶּהֱוֵ֧א מִֽתְיַהֲבָ֛א לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א אִלֵּ֖ךְ דִּי־לָ֥א לְבַטָּלָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and from me it.is.made a.decree to whatever that you.will.do with the.elders of the.Jews these to build the.house of.(the) God this and from the.properti(es) of the.king which \[is\].the.tribute of.the.region.beyond the river diligently the expense let.it.be given to the men these that not to make.to.cease

*JPS 1917:* Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

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