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

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«נֹגַהּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **brightness** — 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:נֹגַהּ · **BDB:** נֹ֫גַהּ

### Glosses

the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brightness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b9_5d2_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

brightness, daylight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b9_5d2_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[f.\] brightness, daylight (𝔗 Syriac; BH id.);—emph. בְּנָגְהָא (K§ 54 c), 1) Dn 6:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «נֹגַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b9_5d2_5b7_5d4_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.20/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֔א בִּשְׁפַּרְפָּרָ֖א יְק֣וּם בְּנָגְהָ֑א וּבְהִ֨תְבְּהָלָ֔ה לְגֻבָּ֥א דִֽי־אַרְיָוָתָ֖א אֲזַֽל׃

*Word for word:* then the king at (the) dawn he.arose at the daylight and in haste to the den (diy).of the lions he.went

*JPS 1917:* Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.

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