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

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«עָר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **foe** — 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:עָר · **BDB:** עָר²

### Glosses

adversaries (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

foe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

foe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. m. foe (cf. JAram. עֲרָר objection; on dub. BH עָר v. p. 786);—pl. sf. עריך Kt (K§ 53 Anm. b)), עָרָךְ Qr Dn 4:16.

### Jastrow 1903

עָר ²

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Lev. R. s. 26 \[read:\] הידא ליגבי שנאך הידא ליגבי עָרָךְ (v. הֵידָא) why dost thou call on thy enemy, why on thy adversary?; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV הידא ליה גבי ערך הידא ליה גבי חברך (corr. acc.).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (26 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.16/)

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אֱדַ֨יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֜אל דִּֽי־שְׁמֵ֣הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֗ר אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם֙ כְּשָׁעָ֣ה חֲדָ֔ה וְרַעְיֹנֹ֖הִי יְבַהֲלֻנֵּ֑הּ עָנֵ֨ה מַלְכָּ֜א וְאָמַ֗ר בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ חֶלְמָ֤א וּפִשְׁרֵא֙ אַֽל־יְבַהֲלָ֔ךְ עָנֵ֤ה בֵלְטְשַׁאצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מָרִ֕י חֶלְמָ֥א לְשָֽׂנְאָ֖ךְ וּפִשְׁרֵ֥הּ לְעָרָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar he.was.appalled about a.moment one and thoughts his they alarmed.him \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying O.Belteshazzar the dream and its interpretation not let it.alarm.you \[was\].replying Belteshazzar and.\[was\] saying O my.lord the dream \[be\].for enemy your and interpretation its \[be\].for adversaries your

*JPS 1917:* Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while, and his thoughts affrighted him. The king spoke and said: 'Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation, affright thee.' Belteshazzar answered and said: 'My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine adversaries.

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