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

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«פְּתָי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **breadth** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:פְּתָי · **BDB:** פְּתָי

### Glosses

width (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breadth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

breadth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] breadth (𝔗 Syriac; EgyptianAramaic RÉS246 S-CD 4);—sf. פְּתָיֵהּ Dn 3:1 Ezr 6:3.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּתָי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b0_5bc_5ea_5b8_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.1/)

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נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֗א עֲבַד֙ צְלֵ֣ם דִּֽי־דְהַ֔ב רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁ֑ת אֲקִימֵהּ֙ בְּבִקְעַ֣ת דּוּרָ֔א בִּמְדִינַ֖ת בָּבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* Nebuchadnezzar the king he.made an.image (diy).of gold height its \[was\].cubits sixty width its \[was\].cubits six he set.it.up on the.plain of.Dura in the.province of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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[Ezra 6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/)

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בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃

*Word for word:* in year one of Cyrus the king Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God in Jerusalem the house let.it.be.built a.place which \[they.were\].sacrificing sacrifices and foundations its \[be\].retained height its cubits sixty width its cubits sixty

*JPS 1917:* In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

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