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

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«צלה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **pray** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:צלה

### Glosses

praying (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pray [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5dc_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 «צלה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5dc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.10/)

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דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֧ן מְהַקְרְבִ֛ין נִיחוֹחִ֖ין לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֑א וּמְצַלַּ֕יִן לְחַיֵּ֥י מַלְכָּ֖א וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃

*Word for word:* that they.will.be offering soothing.offerings to the.God of the.heavens and praying for the.life(s) of the.king and sons his

*JPS 1917:* that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

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[Daniel 6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.11/)

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וְ֠דָנִיֵּאל כְּדִ֨י יְדַ֜ע דִּֽי־רְשִׁ֤ים כְּתָבָא֙ עַ֣ל לְבַיְתֵ֔הּ וְכַוִּ֨ין פְּתִיחָ֥ן לֵהּ֙ בְּעִלִּיתֵ֔הּ נֶ֖גֶד יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וְזִמְנִין֩ תְּלָתָ֨ה בְיוֹמָ֜א ה֣וּא ׀ בָּרֵ֣ךְ עַל־בִּרְכ֗וֹהִי וּמְצַלֵּ֤א וּמוֹדֵא֙ קֳדָ֣ם אֱלָהֵ֔הּ כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֣א עָבֵ֔ד מִן־קַדְמַ֖ת דְּנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and Daniel as that he.knew (diy).that it.was.signed the writing he.went.in to house his and windows \[were\].opened to it in his.upper room facing Jerusalem and times three in the day he \[was\].kneeling on knees his and.\[was\] praying and.\[was\] praising before God his as to because that he.was doing from the.former.time of.this

*JPS 1917:* And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house — now his windows were open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem — and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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