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title: עִקַּר — root · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עִקַּר (lemma:עִקַּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: root. BDB 1906: root, stock. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִקַּר

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«עִקַּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **root** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:עִקַּר · **BDB:** עִקַּר

### Glosses

the.stump (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

root [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5e7_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

root, stock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5e7_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (ר—ָ K§ 59 c)) n.\[m.\] root, stock (√ עקר, v. BH, and, on meaning of √, SchwallyZMG iii (1898), 140);—cstr. ע׳ שָׁרְשׁ֫וֹהִי Dn 4:12, 20, 23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִקַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b4_5e7_5b7_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.23/)

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וְדִ֣י אֲמַ֗רוּ לְמִשְׁבַּ֞ק עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ דִּ֣י אִֽילָנָ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ לָ֣ךְ קַיָּמָ֑ה מִן־דִּ֣י תִנְדַּ֔ע דִּ֥י שַׁלִּטִ֖ן שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and that they.said to leave the.stump of its.roots (diy).of the tree kingdom your to you \[will.be\].enduring from that you.will.know (diy).that \[are\].having.mastery the heavens

*JPS 1917:* And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

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[Daniel 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.12/)

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בְּרַ֨ם עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ בְּאַרְעָ֣א שְׁבֻ֔קוּ וּבֶֽאֱסוּר֙ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶ֣ל וּנְחָ֔שׁ בְּדִתְאָ֖א דִּ֣י בָרָ֑א וּבְטַ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ יִצְטַבַּ֔ע וְעִם־חֵיוְתָ֥א חֲלָקֵ֖הּ בַּעֲשַׂ֥ב אַרְעָֽא׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless the.stump of its.roots in the ground leave! and with a.fetter (diy).of iron and bronze in the grass (diy).of the field and with the.dew of the.heavens let.it.become.wet and.\[be\] with the animal\[s\] portion its in the.grass of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even in a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth;

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