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

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«פֶּחָר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **potter** — 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:פֶּחָר · **BDB:** פֶּחָר

### Glosses

a.potter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

potter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b6_5bc_5d7_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. potter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b6_5bc_5d7_5b8_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. potter (= paḫḫâr, 𝔗 פַּחָר (also clay), Syriac ܦܰܚܳܪܳܐ; prob. loan-wd. from Assyrian paḫâru, potter, cf. Brock ZimBuhl);—abs. פ׳ Dn 2:41.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּחָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b6_5bc_5d7_5b8_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.41/)

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וְדִֽי־חֲזַ֜יְתָה רַגְלַיָּ֣א וְאֶצְבְּעָתָ֗א מִנְּהֵ֞ןחֲסַ֤ף דִּֽי־פֶחָר֙ וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין פַּרְזֶ֔ל מַלְכ֤וּ פְלִיגָה֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֔ה וּמִן־נִצְבְּתָ֥א דִ֥י פַרְזְלָ֖א לֶֽהֱוֵא־בַ֑הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזַ֔יְתָה פַּ֨רְזְלָ֔א מְעָרַ֖ב בַּחֲסַ֥ף טִינָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and that you.saw the feet and the toes some of.them \[were\].clay (diy).of a.potter and some of.them \[were\].iron a.kingdom divided it.will.be and some.of the firmness (diy).of the iron it.will.be in it as to because that you.saw the iron mixed with the.clay of the.clay

*JPS 1917:* And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the firmness of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

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