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

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«צְבוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **thing** — 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:צְבוּ · **BDB:** צְבוּ

### Glosses

anything (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thing, anything [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thing, anything (orig. purpose) (Palm. צבו Lzb357 SAC100 Cooke266, Syriac ܨܒܽܘܬܳܐ, all thing; cf. NH חֵפֶץ thing, from הָפֵץ delight in, crave);—Dn 6:18.

### Jastrow 1903

צְבוּ: will, desire; willingness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (צְבֵי) will, desire; willingness. Targ. Y. Lev. VIII, 15 (ed. Vien. צְבוֹ). Targ. Y. Gen. XXIV, 5. Targ. Job XXXI, 16 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. צַבְאוּת); a. e.—Yoma 86ᵇ בצ׳ נפשיה לקטלא נפיק וצ׳ ביתיה וכ׳ of his own free will he (I, the judge) goes to meet death (divine punishment for wrong judgment), and the desire of his household he does not do (he must neglect his own affairs), and empty-handed he comes to his home again; Snh. 7ᵇ ברעות נפשיה … וצבי ביתיה וכ׳.

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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 (3 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 agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צְבוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d1_5d5_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.18/)

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וְהֵיתָ֙יִת֙ אֶ֣בֶן חֲדָ֔ה וְשֻׂמַ֖ת עַל־פֻּ֣ם גֻּבָּ֑א וְחַתְמַ֨הּ מַלְכָּ֜א בְּעִזְקְתֵ֗הּ וּבְעִזְקָת֙ רַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי דִּ֛י לָא־תִשְׁנֵ֥א צְב֖וּ בְּדָנִיֵּֽאל׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.brought a.stone one and it.was.set over the.mouth of the.den and he sealed.it the king with signet-ring his and with the.signet-rings of his.nobles that not it.will.change anything with Daniel

*JPS 1917:* And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

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