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title: תְּמַהּ — wonder · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּמַהּ (lemma:תְּמַהּ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: wonder. BDB 1906: n.m. wonder. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּמַהּ

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«תְּמַהּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **wonder** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּמַהּ · **BDB:** תְּמַהּ

### Glosses

wonders (2); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wonder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wonder [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wonder, as wrought by God (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH \[תָּמַהּ\]);—pl. abs. תִּמְהִין Dn 6:28; emph. תִּמְהַיָּא 3:32, pl. sf. תִּמְה֫וֹהִי v 33.

### Jastrow 1903

תְּמַהּ: to wonder to be astonishing Ithpe. to express astonishment, query [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , l) to wonder \&c. Targ. Gen. XLIII, 33. Targ. Y. ib. XVII, 17 (h. text ויצחק). Targ. Y. I ib. XVIII, 12 (II חייכ׳). Targ. Y. ib. 15. Targ. Ez. XXXII, 10; a. e.—Part. תְּמִיהַּ; f. תְּמִיהָא. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 ת׳ ומַתְמְהָא.—V. אֶתְמְהָא.—2) to be astonishing. Gen. R. s. 94 אמר לי … והיא תַמְהָא the elder of the Jews told me something, and that is astonishing; \[perh. to be read תִּמְהָא, v. תֵּימַהּ\]. same. Targ. II Esth. l. c. Ib. מַתְמְהִין (some ed. מִתַּמְהִין, Ithpe.); a. e. to express astonishment, query. Zeb. 113ᵃ אַתְמוּהֵי מַתְמַהּ קרא the text (Ez. XXII, 24) expresses a query: thou, land of Israel! art thou not cleansed \&c.?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּמַהּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/)

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אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

*JPS 1917:* It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

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[Daniel 3:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/)

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אָת֙וֹהִי֙ כְּמָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי כְּמָ֣ה תַקִּיפִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].his signs how! great and.\[are\] wonders his how! strong kingdom his \[is\].a.kingdom of.perpetuity and dominion his \[is\].with generation and generation

*JPS 1917:* How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

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