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

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«עֲשִׁת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **think** — 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:עֲשִׁת · **BDB:** עֲשִׁת

### Glosses

\[was\].planning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

think [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e9_5b4_5c1_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. think, plan [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e9_5b4_5c1_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (K§§ 38, 1 α); 17, 2 Anm. 2) vb. think, plan (BH II. עשׁת (q.v.) as Aramaism; 𝔗 אִתְעַשֵּׁת, not Syriac);—Pf. 3 ms. (strictly Pt. pass. NöGGA 1884, 1019; Syriac Gr. § 280 M 78\*) ע׳ Dn 6:4, sq. inf., plan to do so and so.

### Jastrow 1903

עֲשַׁת: to make strong, harden, forge firmly determined to forge to plan, devise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e9_5b4_5c1_5ea/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (cmp. עשש) to make strong, harden, forge.—\[Dan. VI, 4 עֲשִׁית firmly determined.\] (denom. of תעשת = next w.) to forge; trnsf. (cmp. חָרַשׁ) to plan, devise. Targ. Is. XXXII, 6. Ib. XXXIII, 11. Targ. Jer. V, 26. Targ. II Sam. XX, 15.

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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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲשִׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5e9_5b4_5c1_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל דְּנָ֔ה הֲוָ֣א מִתְנַצַּ֔ח עַל־סָרְכַיָּ֖א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ יַתִּירָא֙ בֵּ֔הּ וּמַלְכָּ֣א עֲשִׁ֔ית לַהֲקָמוּתֵ֖הּ עַל־כָּל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel this he.was distinguishing.himself over the overseers and the satraps as to because that a.spirit extraordinary \[was\].in him and the king \[was\].planning to appoint him over all the kingdom

*JPS 1917:* Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the presidents and the satraps, because a surpassing spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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