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

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«תְּוַהּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be startled** — 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:תְּוַהּ · **BDB:** תְּוַהּ

### Glosses

he.was.alarmed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be startled [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d5_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be startled, alarmed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d5_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be startled, alarmed (𝔗 id., Syriac ܬܘܰܗ );— Pf. 3 ms. ת׳ Dn 3:24.

### Jastrow 1903

תְּוַהּ: to be perplexed; to fear, be anxious Pa. Pa to shudder, be disgusted to disgust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d5_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (cmp. תְּהַהּ) to be perplexed; to fear, be anxious (corresp. to h. חרד). Targ. O. Gen. XXVII, 33. Targ. Job XXXVII, 1 יתוה (ed. Lag. יִתְוַוהּ; some ed. יְתַיָּוא Pa.). Targ. Jer. XXXVI, 24 (h. text פחד). Targ. Y. Num. XXXIII, 24. Targ. Koh. IV, 16 תְּוָוהוּ ed. Lag. (ed. Vien. תְּיָהוּ, read תְּוָהוּ). Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 66, sq. תָּוַהּ ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. תָּוֵה). Targ. Esth. V, 14 ת׳ לצפרא (ed. Vien. תַּוָּה Pa.) waited anxiously for the morning; a. fr.—Tanḥ. Emor 10 תַּוְהוּ כולי עלמא all the people were perplexed (marvelled); Yalk. Mic. 554 תמהו אומות העולם (corr. acc.). to shudder, be disgusted. Pes. 50ᵇ תַּוְוהוּ ביה אינשי Ms. M. people are disgusted with it (dislike the occupation), v. תְּהֵי. same, v. supra. to disgust. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 41 אַתְווּ תִוְהָא ed. Wil. (ed. Lag. איתיו תִיוְהָא, corr. acc.).

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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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּוַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d5_5b7_5d4_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.24/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א תְּוַ֖הּ וְקָ֣ם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר לְהַדָּֽבְר֗וֹהִי הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א רְמֵ֤ינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ מְכַפְּתִ֔ין עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א יַצִּיבָ֖א מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Nebuchadnezzar the king he.was.alarmed and he.arose in haste \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying to counselors his not? men three did.we.throw to the.midst of the.fire bound \[they.were\].replying and \[they.were\].saying to the king certain O king

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his ministers: 'Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' They answered and said unto the king: 'True, O king.'

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