זְבַן
Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:זְבַן · BDB: זְבַן
Glosses
[are].gaining (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
buy tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. buy, gain tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. buy, gain (𝔗 id., buy, Syriac ܙܒܰܢ Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. זבן (often) Lzb266 SAC47, cf. Assyrian zibânîtu, scales);— Pt. act. pl. זָבְֽנִין Dn 2:8 time ye (are seeking to) gain.
Jastrow 1903
זְבַן: to plan to bargain, buy. to sell to be sold, to be bought; to sell one’s self tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
(cmp. זמן, a. Syr. זבן) [to plan,] to bargain, buy. Dan. II, 8.—Targ. Gen. XXV, 10; a. fr.—B. Bath. 30ᵃ; 30ᵇ [read:] מפלניא זְבִינְתָּהּ דזַבְנָהּ מינך I bought it of such a person who has bought it of thee. Ib. אִיזְבּוּן דינאי I will buy what by law belongs to me (to avoid litigation); a. v. fr. to sell. Targ. Gen. XXV, 31; 33; a. fr.—B. Bath. l. c. זַבְּנָהּ ניהלי sell it to me. Ib. 90ᵃ, a. e. (prov.) זְבַן וזַבֵּין … איקרי buy and sell and be called a merchant, i.e. will a man buy and sell without profit?—Pes. 113ᵃ מילי דזְבִינֵי וזַבּוּנֵי Ag. hat-Torah (v. Rabb. D. S. a.—l. note 50; ed. מילי דעלמא) rules about buying and selling. Ib. כל מילי זבין וכ׳ as regards all things, sell and regret, except wine דתְזַבֵּין ולא וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. דזבין) which you must sell and never regret. Meg. 26ᵇ זַבּוּנָהּ to sell it. Gitt. 47ᵃ ז׳ נפשׁיה וכ׳ sold himself to &c.; a. fr.—Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. זבית ערסי (read: זֵבְּנִית) I sold my bedstead. to be sold, to be bought; to sell one’s self. Targ. Ps. CV, 17; a. fr.—B. Mets. 40ᵇ הוה מִזְדַּבֵּן לי (Ms. M. הוה זבנתיה) it would have been saleable with me. Kidd. 69ᵃ ואִיזְדַּבֵּן וכ׳ and get thyself sold as a Hebrew slave.
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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «זְבַן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃
Word for word: [was].replying the king and.[was] saying according.to certain [am].knowing I (diy).that (the) time you [are].gaining as to because that you.have.seen (diy).that [is].assured from me the word
JPS 1917: The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,
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