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title: שְׁדַר — struggle · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁדַר (lemma:שְׁדַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: struggle. BDB 1906: vb. struggle, strive. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁדַר

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«שְׁדַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **struggle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁדַר · **BDB:** שְׁדַר

### Glosses

striving (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

struggle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. struggle, strive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. struggle, strive (𝔗 id. Pa. wrestle, Ithpa. be recalcitrant, also שְׁדַל Ithpa. strive, and so NH שָׁדַל (ל for ר), Syriac ܫܕܰܠ beguile, especially Pa., v. NöZMG xl (1886), 735);—Pt. מִשְׁתַּדַּר Dn 6:15 he was striving, sq. Inf.

### Jastrow 1903

שְׁדַר I: to order Pa. to send to throw to be sent; to be thrown [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d3_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (Shaf. of דור, דרר; cmp. שגר; Assyr. שדר to order); Pa. שַׁדַּר to send. Targ. Gen. XXXVIII, 20; 23. Targ. Job XXXIX, 3; a. fr.—\[Ḥull. 51ᵃ שדרן, read: שגרן, v. שְׁגַר I.\] Gitt. 56ᵃ שַׁדַּר להו וכ׳ send them a sacrifice, and see whether they will accept it. Ib. אזל ש׳ בידיה וכ׳ he went and sent through him \&c. Ḥull. 56ᵃ שַׁדְּרָהּ לקמיה וכ׳ he sent the case to Rab M. Keth. 85ᵃ, a. fr. לתקוני שַׁדַּרְתִּיךְ וכ׳, v. עֲוַת; a. fr. to throw. Yalk. Gen. 109 אנא … ואת מְשַׁדֵּר ואזיל I shall open my mouth, and thou shalt go on throwing in; Gen. R. s. 63 תהי משתדר (corr. acc.; Pesik. R. s. 16, a. e. משלח). to be sent; to be thrown. Targ. Prov. XVII, 11. Targ. Job XVIII, 8; a. e.—\[Gen. R. s. 63, v. supra.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5d3_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.15/)

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אֱדַ֨יִן מַלְכָּ֜א כְּדִ֧י מִלְּתָ֣א שְׁמַ֗ע שַׂגִּיא֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ עֲל֔וֹהִי וְעַ֧ל דָּנִיֵּ֛אל שָׂ֥ם בָּ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתֵ֑הּ וְעַד֙ מֶֽעָלֵ֣י שִׁמְשָׁ֔א הֲוָ֥א מִשְׁתַּדַּ֖ר לְהַצָּלוּתֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the king as that the word he.heard exceedingly it.was.displeasing to him and concerning Daniel he.set mind to deliver him and until the.goings.in of the.sun he.was striving to rescue him

*JPS 1917:* Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

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