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

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«קְיָם» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **statute** — 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:קְיָם · **BDB:** קְיָם

### Glosses

statute (1); the.statute (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

statute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d9_5b8_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

statute [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d9_5b8_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] statute (Egyptian Aramaic קימיהם Cooke 209);—abs. Dn 6:16, cstr. v 8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קְיָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5d9_5b8_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.16/)

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בֵּאדַ֙יִן֙ גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְאָמְרִ֣ין לְמַלְכָּ֗א דַּ֤ע מַלְכָּא֙ דִּֽי־דָת֙ לְמָדַ֣י וּפָרַ֔ס דִּֽי־כָל־אֱסָ֥ר וּקְיָ֛ם דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֥א יְהָקֵ֖ים לָ֥א לְהַשְׁנָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then the men these they.came.as.a.crowd to the king and.\[were\] saying to the king know O king (diy).that the.law of.\[the\] Medes and.\[the\] Persians (diy).that any prohibition and statute which the king he.will.establish not to change

*JPS 1917:* Then these men came tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king: 'Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'

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[Daniel 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.8/)

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אִתְיָעַ֜טוּ כֹּ֣ל ׀ סָרְכֵ֣י מַלְכוּתָ֗א סִגְנַיָּ֤א וַֽאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ הַדָּֽבְרַיָּ֣א וּפַחֲוָתָ֔א לְקַיָּמָ֤ה קְיָם֙ מַלְכָּ֔א וּלְתַקָּפָ֖ה אֱסָ֑ר דִּ֣י כָל־דִּֽי־יִבְעֵ֣ה בָ֠עוּ מִן־כָּל־אֱלָ֨הּ וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ עַד־יוֹמִ֣ין תְּלָתִ֗ין לָהֵן֙ מִנָּ֣ךְ מַלְכָּ֔א יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֹ֖ב אַרְיָוָתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* they.took.counsel.together all the.overseers of the.kingdom the prefects and the satraps the counselors and the governors to establish the.statute of the.king and to make.stringent a.prohibition (diy).that every \[one\].who he.will.ask a.petition from any god and person until days thirty except from you O king he.will.be.thrown to the.den of the.lions

*JPS 1917:* All the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ministers and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute, and make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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