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title: רֵאשׁ — head · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רֵאשׁ (lemma:רֵאשׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 14 times: head. BDB 1906: n.m. head. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵאשׁ

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«רֵאשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **head** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** lemma:רֵאשׁ · **BDB:** רֵאשׁ

### Glosses

of (8); head (2); heads (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

head [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d0_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. head [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d0_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 7:6 head (Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palm. רש; 𝔗 רֵישׁ, Syriac ܪܺܝܫ; BH רֹאשׁ);—cstr. ר׳ Dn 7:1; emph. ה—ָ 2:38; sf. רֵאשִׁי 4:2 +, ךְ—ָ 2:28, הּ—ֵ v 32 +, הּ—ַ 7:20, הוֹן—ֵ 3:27; pl. abs. רֵאשִׁין 7:6, sf. רָאשֵׁיהֹם (K§§ 53, Anm. b); 63 Gu Hpt ad loc.) Ezr 5:10;— head of man Dn 3:27, cf. 7:9; in vision: of image 2:32, 38, beast 7:6, 20. head as seat of visions, הֶזְוֵי רֵאשָׁךְ, etc., 2:28; 4:2, 7, 10; 7:1, 15. = chief, בְּר׳ Ezr 5:10 in the capacity of their chiefs. sum, essential content, of matters Dn 7:1 (NesMM 40 beginning).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵאשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b5_5d0_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.15/)

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אֶתְכְּרִיַּ֥ת רוּחִ֛י אֲנָ֥ה דָנִיֵּ֖אל בְּג֣וֹא נִדְנֶ֑ה וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* it.was.distressed spirit my I Daniel in.\[the\] midst of.\[the\].sheath and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* As for me Daniel, my spirit was pained in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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[Daniel 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.2/)

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חֵ֥לֶם חֲזֵ֖ית וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִי וְהַרְהֹרִין֙ עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֔י וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* a.dream I.saw and it made.me.afraid and imaginings on bed my and the.visions of my.head they alarmed.me

*JPS 1917:* I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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