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

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«עֲרָד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wild ass** — 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:עֲרָד · **BDB:** עֲרָד

### Glosses

the.wild (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wild ass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wild ass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wild ass (𝔗 Syriac; √ ערד, perhaps = Arabic غرد give a cry NöSBWAk. cxlii. v. II. 1900, v. BH עָרוֹד as loan-word (KAramaismen 72, but dub. NöZMG lvii (1903), 413));—pl.emph. עֲרָדַיָּא Dn 5:21.

### Jastrow 1903

עָרוֹד: wild ass Fem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , wild ass. Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 12. Targ. Hos. VIII, 9; a. e.—Pl. עֲרוֹדַיָּא, עֲרָדִין, עְרוֹדֵי. Targ. Ps. CIV, 11.—Ab. Zar. 16ᵇ טחני ריחיים בע׳ they employed wild asses to turn the millstones.—Fem. עָרוֹדָא. Targ. Jer. II, 24 (ed. Lag. עֲרָדָא).

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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, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲרָד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e8_5b8_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.21/)

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וּמִן־בְּנֵי֩ אֲנָשָׁ֨א טְרִ֜יד וְלִבְבֵ֣הּ ׀ עִם־חֵיוְתָ֣א שַׁוִּ֗יְווְעִם־עֲרָֽדַיָּא֙ מְדוֹרֵ֔הּ עִשְׂבָּ֤א כְתוֹרִין֙ יְטַ֣עֲמוּנֵּ֔הּ וּמִטַּ֥ל שְׁמַיָּ֖א גִּשְׁמֵ֣הּ יִצְטַבַּ֑ע עַ֣ד דִּֽי־יְדַ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֞יט אֱלָהָ֤א עִלָּאָה֙ בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖ה יְהָקֵ֥ים עֲלַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and away.from the.sons of.(the) humankind he.was.chased and heart his with the animal\[s\] they.made and.\[was\] with the.wild donkeys his.dwelling place (the) grass like oxen they fed.him and from the.dew of the.heavens body his it.became.wet until that he.knew (diy).that \[was\].having.mastery (the) God (the).Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he.will.appoint over it

*JPS 1917:* and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that God Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that He setteth up over it whomsoever He will.

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