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title: תַּמָּה — there · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תַּמָּה (lemma:תַּמָּה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: there. BDB 1906: adv. there. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּמָּה

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«תַּמָּה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **there** — 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:תַּמָּה · **BDB:** תַּמָּה

### Glosses

there (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

there [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. there [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. there (so Egyptian Aramaic (RÉS 361 B 5 \[also תנהA 4, so Cilic., Cooke 68. 5, cf. Palm. תנן ib. 121. 3, Syriac ܬܢܳܢ\] S-CA 4, J 6); 𝔗 תַּמָּן, Syriac ܬܰܡܳܢ, v. BH שָׁם);—Ezr 5:17; 6:1, 12; מִן־ת׳ thence 6:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5de_5b8_5bc_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures \[were\].deposited there in Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

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[Ezra 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.6/)

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כְּעַ֡ן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֨ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֜ה שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָוָ֣תְה֔וֹןאֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה רַחִיקִ֥ין הֲו֖וֹ מִן־תַּמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* now O.Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their the officials who \[are\].in the.region.beyond the river far be! from there

*JPS 1917:* 'Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence;

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