--- title: שָׁעָה — brief time · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: שָׁעָה (lemma:שָׁעָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: brief time. BDB 1906: n.f. brief time, moment. 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Wkll.c.); √ unknown: poss. Assyrian loan-word (v. Wkll.c.); DlPr 39 f. conj. שׁיע = שָׁעָה look, hence moment = ‘Augenblick,’ but vb. שׁ׳ rather of steady gaze);—moment: usually emph. בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָא (read poss. שָֽׁ׳ as 𝔗 Syriac, M86\* f. Buhl14 cf. var. in Str) in the same moment, forthwith Dn 3:6, 15; 4:30; 5:5; abs. שָׁעָה חֲדָה 4:16 for a moment. ### Jastrow 1903 שָׁעָה II: moment, while; hour the twelfth portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e2_5b8_5d4/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (Dan. IV, 16; preced., v. Del. Proleg. p. 39 sq.) moment, while; hour, esp. the twelfth portion of the day and of the night, varying according to the season. Tosef. Ber. I, 1, a. e., v. עוֹנָה I. Ber. 7ᵃ, v. רֶגַע. Ib. 7ᵇ, a. e. הש׳ משחקת, v. שָׂחַק. Lam. R. to III, 37 מש׳ שאמר וכ׳ from the moment that the Lord said \&c. Ber. I, 1 מש׳ שהכהנים וכ׳ from the time of day when the priests go in \&c. Pes. II, 1 כל ש׳ as long. Keth. 104ᵃ בש׳ שהצדיק וכ׳ when a righteous man is called away \&c. Ib. בשְׁעַת פטירתו וכ׳ when Rabbi died \&c. Ber. 64ᵃ הדוחק את הש׳, v. דָּחַק; נדחה מפני הש׳, v. דָּחָה. Sabb. 10ᵃ, a. e. מניחין … ועוסקין בחיי ש׳ they neglect the life everlasting, and busy themselves with the life of the hour (earthly affairs). Y. Taan. III, 67ᵃ (expl. יולדתך, Prov. XXIII, 25) שַׁעַתְךָ (or שַׁעְתְּךָ) thy hour (of birth). Cant. R. to I, 1, a. e. בשַׁעְתּוֹ in its due time, v. סֵפֶל; Num. R. s. 104 בין שעתו. Ex. R. s. 19, a. fr. לש׳ קלה, v. קַל II; a. v. fr.—הוראת ש׳, or ש׳ temporary, special legislation, opp. דורות. Yoma 69ᵇ. Men. 19ᵇ דורות מש׳, v. דּוֹר. Ib. 56ᵃ ש׳ מדורות וכ׳ we cannot derive the modes of a temporary act (e.g. the offerings of the princes, Num. VII, 12-83) from the laws concerning a permanent institution; a. fr.—Pl. שָׁעוֹת. Ber. 3ᵃ עד ארבע ש׳ to four hours (the fourth hour of the night). Pes. 58ᵃ שתי ש׳ ומחצה two hours and a half. Snh. V, 3 אחד אומר בשתי ש׳ וכ׳ if one witness testifies that the act under consideration was committed at the second hour of the day \&c. Kel. XII, 4 אבן הש׳, v. אֶבֶן; a. v. fr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «שָׁעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5e2_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.6/) וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃ *Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage at it the moment he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning *JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.' [Daniel 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.5/) בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה נְפַ֙קָה֙ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃ *Word for word:* at it the moment they.went.forth fingers (diy).of a.hand of.a.human and \[they.were\].writing (to) before the candlestick on the plaster (diy).of the.wall of the.palace (diy).of the king and the king \[was\].seeing the.palm of the.hand which \[was\].writing *JPS 1917:* In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote. - ← previous: [שׁנה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5c1_5e0_5d4.md) - next →: [שְׂעַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5e2_5b7_5e8.md) - ↑ back to [ש](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1513.md)