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title: קָל — voice · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: קָל (lemma:קָל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: voice. BDB 1906: n.m. voice. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָל

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«קָל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **voice** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:קָל · **BDB:** קָל

### Glosses

the.sound (5); a.voice (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

voice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. voice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 4:28 voice (𝔗 Syriac);—ק׳ abs. Dn 4:28; 6:21, cstr. sound of words 7:11, instr. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.

### Jastrow 1903

קָל II: Ḳal Voice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) Ḳal (Voice), name of the genius of Nebuchadnezzar. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Dan. IV, 28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.28/)

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ע֗וֹד מִלְּתָא֙ בְּפֻ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔א קָ֖ל מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֣א נְפַ֑ל לָ֤ךְ אָֽמְרִין֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ה עֲדָ֥ת מִנָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* still the word \[was\].in the.mouth of the.king a.voice from the heavens it.fell to you \[they.are\].saying O.Nebuchadnezzar the king the kingdom it.has.passed.away from you

*JPS 1917:* While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven: 'O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: the kingdom is departed from thee.

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[Daniel 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/)

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חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית בֵּאדַ֗יִן מִן־קָל֙ מִלַּיָּ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י קַרְנָ֖א מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּ֨י קְטִילַ֤ת חֵֽיוְתָא֙ וְהוּבַ֣ד גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לִיקֵדַ֥ת אֶשָּֽׁא׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was then from the.sound of the.words (the) great which the horn \[was\].speaking seeing I.was until that it.was.killed the beast and it.was.destroyed body its and it.was.given to.\[the\] burning of.fire

*JPS 1917:* I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.

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