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דְּמָה

«דְּמָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: be like — 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: 2 times · Key: lemma:דְּמָה · BDB: דְּמָה

Glosses

[is].like (1); [was].like (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be like tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be like tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be like (BH I. דָּמָה);— Pt. act. דָּמֵה Dn 3:25 (ל pers.); f. דָּֽמְיָה 7:5 (לְדֹב).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «דְּמָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 3:25

עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר הָֽא־אֲנָ֨ה חָזֵ֜ה גֻּבְרִ֣ין אַרְבְּעָ֗ה שְׁרַ֙יִן֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֽוֹא־נוּרָ֔א וַחֲבָ֖ל לָא־אִיתַ֣י בְּה֑וֹן וְרֵוֵהּ֙ דִּ֣י רְֽבִיעָאָ֔ה דָּמֵ֖ה לְבַר־אֱלָהִֽין׃ס

Word for word: [he.was].replying and [he.was].saying look! I [am].seeing men four loosed walking in the.midst of the.fire and hurt not there [is].on them and appearance his (diy).of the fourth [is].like (et).a son of.[the].gods

JPS 1917: He answered and said: 'Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.'

Daniel 7:5

וַאֲר֣וּ חֵיוָה֩ אָחֳרִ֨י תִנְיָנָ֜ה דָּמְיָ֣ה לְדֹ֗ב וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד֙ הֳקִמַ֔ת וּתְלָ֥ת עִלְעִ֛ין בְּפֻמַּ֖הּ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנַּ֑הּ וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לַ֔הּ ק֥וּמִֽי אֲכֻ֖לִי בְּשַׂ֥ר שַׂגִּֽיא׃

Word for word: and lo! a.beast another a.second [was].like (et).a bear and to a.side one it.was.raised and three ribs [were].in mouth its between tooth its and as.follows [they.were].saying to it arise devour! flesh much

JPS 1917: And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was said thus unto it: 'Arise, devour much flesh.'

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