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אֲלוּ

«אֲלוּ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: lo! — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: lemma:אֲלוּ · BDB: אֲלוּ

Glosses

lo! (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

lo! tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

interj. lo tree →

The whole BDB entry

interj. lo! (der. uncertain: usually regarded as by-form of אֲרוּ, q.v.; cf.Egyptian Aramaic הלו, Cooke No. 73, RÉS 492 B = S-C M b);—וַאֲלוּ Dn 2:31 חָזֵי הֲוַיְתָ וַאֲלוּ, 4:7, 10; 7:8, always in description of a vision.

Jastrow 1903

אֲלוּ: behold. tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(= אֲרוּ, v. אָלָה) behold. Dan. II, 31; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (25 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲלוּ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 4:10

חָזֵ֥ה הֲוֵ֛ית בְּחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י וַאֲלוּ֙ עִ֣יר וְקַדִּ֔ישׁ מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֖א נָחִֽת׃

Word for word: seeing I.was in the.visions of my.head on bed my and lo! a.watcher and a.holy.[one] from the heavens [was].coming.down

JPS 1917: I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven.

Daniel 4:7

וְחֶזְוֵ֥י רֵאשִׁ֖י עַֽל־מִשְׁכְּבִ֑י חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וַאֲל֥וּ אִילָ֛ן בְּג֥וֹא אַרְעָ֖א וְרוּמֵ֥הּ שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Word for word: and the.visions of my.head on bed my seeing I.was and lo! a.tree in the.midst of the.land and height its [was].great

JPS 1917: Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

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