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

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«צִדְקָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **right doing** — 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:צִדְקָה · **BDB:** צִדְקָה

### Glosses

right.doing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

right doing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. right doing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. right doing (Talm, Old Aramaic; v. BH צְדָקָה, √ צדק);—צ׳ Dn 4:24.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִדְקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b4_5d3_5b0_5e7_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.24/)

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לָהֵ֣ן מַלְכָּ֗א מִלְכִּי֙ יִשְׁפַּ֣ר עֲלָ֔ךְ וַחֲטָאָךְ֙ בְּצִדְקָ֣ה פְרֻ֔ק וַעֲוָיָתָ֖ךְ בְּמִחַ֣ן עֲנָ֑יִן הֵ֛ן תֶּהֱוֵ֥א אַרְכָ֖ה לִשְׁלֵוְתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* therefore O king advice my let.it.be.acceptable to you and sin your by right.doing break.off! and iniquities your by showing.mercy.to poor.people whether it.will.be a.prolonging of prosperity your

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by almsgiving, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy prosperity.'

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