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title: צבה — be inclined · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: צבה (lemma:צבה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: be inclined. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צבה

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«צבה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be inclined** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:צבה

### Glosses

he.will.be.pleased (4); pleased (4); I.desired (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be inclined [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d1_5d4/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צבה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5d1_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.32/)

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וְכָל־דָּיְרֵ֤י אַרְעָא֙ כְּלָ֣ה חֲשִׁיבִ֔ין וּֽכְמִצְבְּיֵ֗הּ עָבֵד֙ בְּחֵ֣יל שְׁמַיָּ֔א וְדָיְרֵ֖י אַרְעָ֑א וְלָ֤א אִיתַי֙ דִּֽי־יְמַחֵ֣א בִידֵ֔הּ וְיֵ֥אמַר לֵ֖הּ מָ֥ה עֲבַֽדְתְּ׃

*Word for word:* and all the.inhabitants of the.earth \[are\].as not considered and as pleases he \[he.is\].doing with the.army of the.heavens and the.inhabitants of the.earth and not there \[is\].who he.will.strike on hand his and he.will.say to him what? have.you.done

*JPS 1917:* And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He doeth according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him: What doest Thou?

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[Daniel 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/)

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אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּרָֽפְסָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then I.desired to make.certain concerning the beast (the) fourth which it.was different from all of.them \[it.was\].terrible exceedingly tooth its \[were\].(diy).of iron and claws its \[were\].(diy).of bronze \[it.was\].devouring \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with feet its \[it.was\].trampling

*JPS 1917:* Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

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