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

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«עֲלַע» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **rib** — 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:עֲלַע · **BDB:** עֲלַע

### Glosses

ribs (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. rib [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rib (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH I. צלע, צֵלָע);—pl. abs. עִלְעִין Dn 7:5.

### Jastrow 1903

עֲלַע: side, rib beam, board [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e2/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. צֵלַע, side, rib. Targ. O. Gen. II, 22 (Y. ed. Vien. עִילָאָה; ib. 21 עִלָּאָה).—Trnsf. beam, board. Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLIV, 19 ע׳ מן בית אבא a board of my father’s house (a member of the family \&c.).—Pl. עִלְעִין, עִילְ׳. Targ. Gen. III, 21.

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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, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5dc_5b7_5e2/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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