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title: צְלֵם — image · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צְלֵם (lemma:צְלֵם), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 17 times: image. BDB 1906: n.m. image. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צְלֵם

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«צְלֵם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **image** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** lemma:צְלֵם · **BDB:** צְלֵם

### Glosses

the.image (7); the (6); an.image (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

image [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b5_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. image [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b5_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 2:31 image (v. BH צלם);—abs. צ׳ Dn 2:31; 3:1; cstr. צ׳ 3:19, צֶ֫לֶם v 5 +; emph. צַלְמָא 2:31 +;—image Dn 2:31(×2), 32, 34, 35; 3:1 + 10 times 3; צ׳ אַנְפּוֹהִי 3:19 i.e. his expression.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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 «צְלֵם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5dc_5b5_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.32/)

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ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* that the image head its \[was\].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its \[were\].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its \[were\].(diy).of bronze

*JPS 1917:* As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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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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