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title: קְטַר — joint · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קְטַר (lemma:קְטַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: joint. BDB 1906: n.m. joint, knot. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קְטַר

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«קְטַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **joint** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:קְטַר · **BDB:** קְטַר

### Glosses

knots (1); of.knots (1); the.joints (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

joint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. joint, knot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 5:6 joint, knot;—lit. pl. cstr. קִטְרֵי Dn 5:6 joints of his loin; fig. abs. קִטְרִין v 12, 16, usually knotty things, difficulties (Syriac PS 3591); but prob. of magic spells, banns (also Syriac PS l.c., cf. Brock 319 b), so Bev, v. also Dr.

### Jastrow 1903

קְטַר: to let incense rise Pe [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** v. infra. to let incense rise. Targ. O. Ex. XXX, 1. Ib. 7 (Y. some ed. Pe.). Targ. O. ib. XL, 27; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d8_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.6/)

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אֱדַ֤יִן מַלְכָּא֙ זִיוֺ֣הִי שְׁנ֔וֹהִי וְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִייְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ וְקִטְרֵ֤י חַרְצֵהּ֙ מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ דָּ֥א לְדָ֖א נָֽקְשָֽׁן׃

*Word for word:* then the king brightness(es) his they changed.him and thoughts his they alarmed.him and the.joints of his.loin\[s\] \[were\].loosened and knees his this.\[one\] to this.\[one\] \[were\].knocking

*JPS 1917:* Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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[Daniel 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.12/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֡ל דִּ֣י ר֣וּחַ ׀ יַתִּירָ֡ה וּמַנְדַּ֡ע וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֡וּ מְפַשַּׁ֣ר חֶלְמִין֩ וַֽאַֽחֲוָיַ֨ת אֲחִידָ֜ן וּמְשָׁרֵ֣א קִטְרִ֗ין הִשְׁתְּכַ֤חַת בֵּהּ֙ בְּדָ֣נִיֵּ֔אל דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֥א שָׂם־שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר כְּעַ֛ן דָּנִיֵּ֥אל יִתְקְרֵ֖י וּפִשְׁרָ֥ה יְהַֽחֲוֵֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* as to because that a.spirit extraordinary and understanding and insight an.interpreter of.dreams and declaring of.riddles and loosening of.knots it.was.found in him in Daniel whom the king he.made name his Belteshazzar now Daniel let.him.be.summoned and the interpretation he.will.declare

*JPS 1917:* forasmuch as a surpassing spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and declaring of riddles, and loosing of knots, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.'

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