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גִּיר

«גִּיר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: chalk — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:גִּיר · BDB: גִּיר

Glosses

the (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

chalk tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

chalk, plaster tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] chalk, plaster (so 𝔗; BH once, p. 162);—emph. גִּירָא Dn 5:5.

Jastrow 1903

גִּיר: lime, plaster. froth, foam. disease, sort of fever ? tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

, lime, plaster. Dan. V, 5.—Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 14 דעדק כג׳ thin and brittle like a coat of lime (h. text מחספס). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVII, 2 (h. text סיד); a. e.—2) froth, foam. Pl. גִּירִין Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 10 ג׳ דימא the foaming billows. [Targ. Jer. IX, 14, read כגידין, v. גִּידָּא II.]—3) name of a disease, a sort of fever (?). Gitt. 69ᵇ, v. next w.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (21 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:5

בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֗ה נְפַ֙קָה֙ אֶצְבְּעָן֙ דִּ֣י יַד־אֱנָ֔שׁ וְכָֽתְבָן֙ לָקֳבֵ֣ל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּ֔א עַל־גִּירָ֕א דִּֽי־כְתַ֥ל הֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֑א וּמַלְכָּ֣א חָזֵ֔ה פַּ֥ס יְדָ֖ה דִּ֥י כָתְבָֽה׃

Word for word: at it the moment they.went.forth fingers (diy).of a.hand of.a.human and [they.were].writing (to) before the candlestick on the plaster (diy).of the.wall of the.palace (diy).of the king and the king [was].seeing the.palm of the.hand which [was].writing

JPS 1917: In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the palm of the hand that wrote.

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