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title: קֳבֵל — front · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קֳבֵל (lemma:קֳבֵל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 29 times: front. BDB 1906: subst. prep. conj. conj. prep. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֳבֵל

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«קֳבֵל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **front** — 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:** 29 times · **Key:** lemma:קֳבֵל · **BDB:** קֳבֵל

### Glosses

because (22); before (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

front [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b3_5d1_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

subst. prep. conj. conj. prep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b3_5d1_5b5_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** subst. front, as prep. in front of, before, because of; sq. דִּי as conj. because that (perhaps in form a dimin., Bev Dn 2:8; 𝔗 קְבֵיל, c. לְ, לִקְבֵיל, sf. לְקִבְלִי, etc., in front of (Dalm§ 47:7); Syriac ܩܒܽܘܠ, ܩܽܘܒܠܴܐ aspect, ܡܶܢ ܩܒܽܘܠ in front, ܠܽܘܩܒܰܠ, sf. ܠܩܽܘܒܠܶܗ in front (of), opposite (to), cf. Gn 15:10 𝔗 𝔖; Palm. לקבל before (Cooke321, cf. 193));—cstr. לָקֳבֵל Dn 2:8 + sf. לְקָבְלָךְ †2:31;— c. לְ: Dn 3:3 לק׳ צַלְמָא before the image, 2:31; 5:1, 5; in view of, by reason of, 5:10 לק׳ מִלֵּי מַלְכָּא by reason of the words, etc., Ezr 4:16 לָקֳבֵל דְּנָה (cf. EgyptianAramaic לקבל זנה זי, RÉS361 B 5). sq. דִּי as conj. because that Ezr 6:13 (so Palm. CISii. 164). c. בֹּל, כָּל־קֳבֵל in view of, because of (but read probably כְּלָקֳבֵל according to the front of, i.e. having regard to, because of: LuzzChald. Gr. § 123 LambertRÉJ, 1895, 47 f. Marti§ 95 d NöLCB, 1896, 703 NesOLZ, 1902, 487 Strack56 al.; cf. BH I. עֻמָּה d): as prep. כָּל־קֳבֵל דְּנָה because of this, therefore, †Dn 2:12, 24; 3:7, 8; 6:10 Ezr 7:17; Dn 3:22 pointing forwards, כָּל־קֳבֵל דִּנָה מִן־דִּי וג׳ on this account, (viz.) because that, etc. sq. דִּי as conj. because that, inasmuch as, Dn 2:8 כָּל־קֳבֵל (כְּלָקֳבֵל) דִּי חֲזֵיתוּן because ye see, v 10, 41, 45 +, Ezr 4:14; 7:14; Dn 5:22 = although. In Dn 2:40; 6:11 taken by 𝔊 (ὃν τρόπον, καθώς), Ges (Thes, not Lex), Ew Hi as = according as (as Ec 5:15 𝔗 כל קבל דאתא according as he came), but not Bev Behrm Marti. \[Occas. in 𝔗, usually = before; cf. in 𝔗J Gn 28:17; 31:32, D§§ 47. 7; 50\].

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֳבֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b3_5d1_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה מַלְכָּא֙ דָּֽרְיָ֔וֶשׁ רְשַׁ֥ם כְּתָבָ֖א וֶאֱסָרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* as to because this the king Darius he.signed the writing and the prohibition

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

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[Daniel 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.22/)

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וְאַ֤נְתְּ בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ כָּל־קֳבֵ֕ל דִּ֥י כָל־דְּנָ֖ה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* and you son his O.Belshazzar not you.have.brought.low heart your as to because that all this you.knew

*JPS 1917:* And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

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