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title: תְּלָת — three · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּלָת (lemma:תְּלָת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 12 times: three. BDB 1906: n.m. >three n.f. n.m. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּלָת

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«תְּלָת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **three** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּלָת · **BDB:** תְּלָת

### Glosses

three (10); third (1); three.\[horns\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

three [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. \>three n.f. n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m., תְּלָתָה f., \>three (𝔗 Syriac; BH שָׁלֹשׁ, שִׁלשָׁה);—m. תְּלָת bef. n.f. pl. Dn 7:5; n.f. om. v 8, 20; f. תְּלָתָה bef. n.m. pl. 7:24; after, 3:24; 6:3, 11, 14, so א—ָ Ezr 6:4; יוֹם תְּלָתָה 6:15 third day; sf. תְּלָתֵּהוֹן (K§ 65. Aum. 1) Dn 3:23 the three of them.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּלָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.4/)

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נִדְבָּכִ֞ין דִּי־אֶ֤בֶן גְּלָל֙ תְּלָתָ֔א וְנִדְבָּ֖ךְ דִּי־אָ֣ע חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א תִּתְיְהִֽב׃

*Word for word:* rows (diy).of stone of.rolling three and a.row (diy).of timber new and the expense from the.house of the.king let.it.be.given

*JPS 1917:* with three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;

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

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וְשֵׁיצִיא֙ בַּיְתָ֣ה דְנָ֔ה עַ֛ד י֥וֹם תְּלָתָ֖ה לִירַ֣ח אֲדָ֑ר דִּי־הִ֣יא שְׁנַת־שֵׁ֔ת לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was.finished the house this until day three of the.month of.Adar which it \[was\].year six of the.reign of.Darius the king

*JPS 1917:* And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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