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title: שְׂטַר — side · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׂטַר (lemma:שְׂטַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: side. BDB 1906: n.m. side. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂטַר

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«שְׂטַר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **side** — 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:שְׂטַר · **BDB:** שְׂטַר

### Glosses

a.side (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. side [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. side (Egyptian Aramaic S-CA 5; 𝔗 סְטַר, סִטְרָא, Syriac ܣܶܛܪܳܐ, Chr-Pal. ܣܛܪ SchulthLex. 134, cf. SchwallyIdiot. 62, 122; Arabic شَطْرٌ half);—abs. שׂ׳ Dn 7:5 (of beast in vision).

### Jastrow 1903

\*שְׂטַר: to slap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d8_5b7_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= סְטַר to slap. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. ש׳ ותלי ביה he slaps (the fig-tree) \&c., v. תָּחוּב. \[Comment. refer to שְׁטַר: he smears clay over it.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂטַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d8_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.5/)

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וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and lo! a.beast another a.second \[was\].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs \[were\].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

*JPS 1917:* And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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