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title: תְּרֵין — two · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּרֵין (lemma:תְּרֵין), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: two. BDB 1906: n.m. two adj. n.m. n.f. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּרֵין

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«תְּרֵין» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **two** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּרֵין · **BDB:** תְּרֵין

### Glosses

two (2); two.plus (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

two [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b5_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. two adj. n.m. n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b5_5d9_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m., תַּרְתֵּין (K§ 65, Anm. 1) f., two (so in Aramaic dialects generally (note Nab. f. תרתין over ag. Palm. תרתן Lzb 385); v. PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21 ff.; adj. according to M-A§ 89 b);—m. only cstr. in תִּרֵי עֲשַׂר twelve, after n.m. pl. Dn 4:26; Ezr 6:17; f. after n.f. pl. שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְת׳ Dn 6:1 years sixty and two; = ord., שְׁנַת תַּרְתֵּין Ezr 4:24 second year.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּרֵין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b5_5d9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/)

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לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

*JPS 1917:* At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

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[Daniel 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.1/)

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וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔אקַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃

*Word for word:* and Darius the Mede he.received the kingdom about a.son of.years sixty and two

*JPS 1917:* And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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