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title: פְּשַׁר — interpretation · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: פְּשַׁר (lemma:פְּשַׁר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 33 times: interpretation. BDB 1906: n.m. interpretation. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּשַׁר

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«פְּשַׁר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **interpretation** — 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:** 33 times · **Key:** lemma:פְּשַׁר · **BDB:** פְּשַׁר²

### Glosses

interpretation (13); the (9); its (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interpretation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. interpretation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 2:45 interpretation (of dream) (cf. BH as loan-word);—cstr. פ׳ Dn 4:3; 5:15, 26; 7:16; emph. פִּשְׁרָא 2:4 + 7 times Dn, + 4:15, 16 Kt (Qr. הּ—ֵ); ה—ָ 2:7; 5:12; sf. הּ—ֵ 2:5, 6(×2) + 11 times Dn, + Qr 4:15, 16 (Kt א—ָ); pl. פִּשְׁרִין 5:16.

### Jastrow 1903

פְּשַׁר II: interpretation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) interpretation. Targ. Y. Gen. XL, 8 פ׳ לית ליה (O. פַּשַּׁר, v. preced.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּשַׁר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5e9_5b7_5c1_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.36/)

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דְּנָ֣ה חֶלְמָ֔א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ נֵאמַ֥ר קֳדָם־מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* this \[was\].the dream and interpretation its we.will.tell before the king

*JPS 1917:* This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

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[Daniel 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.26/)

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דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it

*JPS 1917:* This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

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