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זִיו

«זִיו» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: brightness — 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: 6 times · Key: lemma:זִיו · BDB: זִיו

Glosses

brightness(es) (4); splendor (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

brightness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brightness, splendour tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. brightness, splendour (𝔗 id., Syriac ܕܟܺܝ, perhaps loan-word from Assyrian zîmu, chiefly of countenance, DlWB 252: Pr 152 NöZMG xl (1886), 732 JenZK ii. 43 BrockLex. Syriac 93);—sf. זִיוִי Dn 4:33 splendour of royalty; זִיוֵהּ 2:31 (of image); pl. brightness of countenance: sf. זִיוַי 7:28, זיויך Kt, זִיוָךְ Qr, 5:10, זִיוֹ֫הִי 5:6, 9.

Jastrow 1903

זִיו: splendor, glory, countenance good looks, bloom bloom, forth-coming vegetation Ziv Spring-month tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(b. h.; = זהיו; זהה) splendor, glory, countenance. Sot. IX, 15 (49ᵃ) ז׳ החכמה the glory of learning, ז׳ הכהונה of priesthood. Ber. 64ᵃ ז׳ השכינה Divine Glory; a. fr.—ז׳ איקונין, v. אִיקוֹנִין. good looks, bloom of health. Koh. R. to III, 11 עדיין לא בא זִיווֹ וכ׳ my son’s former good look has not come back yet; Cant. R. to II, 5 עדיין לא בא בני בזִיווֹ הנשתנה וכ׳ my son has not yet recovered his bright looks which changed &c. Koh. R. l. c. זִיוָון של בני; Cant. R. l. c. זיותן וכ׳ (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 272. bloom, forth-coming vegetation. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵈ bot. ‘the month of Ziv’ (I Kings VI, 1) שבו זִיווֹ של עולם because in it the world appears in bloom. Cant. R. to VI, 11 זיון של ירק (read זִיווֹ) the beauty of a vegetable garden. (b. h. Ziv, name of the Spring-month. R. Hash. 11ᵃ, a. e., v. supra. Pesik. Baḥod., p. 106ᵇ; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:9

אֱ֠דַיִן מַלְכָּ֤א בֵלְשַׁאצַּר֙ שַׂגִּ֣יא מִתְבָּהַ֔ל וְזִיוֺ֖הִי שָׁנַ֣יִן עֲל֑וֹהִי וְרַבְרְבָנ֖וֹהִי מִֽשְׁתַּבְּשִֽׁין׃

Word for word: then the king Belshazzar exceedingly [was].alarmed and brightness(es) his [were].changing on him and nobles his [were].dumbfounded

JPS 1917: Then was king Belshazzar greatly affrighted, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.

Daniel 5:6

אֱדַ֤יִן מַלְכָּא֙ זִיוֺ֣הִי שְׁנ֔וֹהִי וְרַעיֹנֹ֖הִייְבַהֲלוּנֵּ֑הּ וְקִטְרֵ֤י חַרְצֵהּ֙ מִשְׁתָּרַ֔יִן וְאַ֨רְכֻבָּתֵ֔הּ דָּ֥א לְדָ֖א נָֽקְשָֽׁן׃

Word for word: then the king brightness(es) his they changed.him and thoughts his they alarmed.him and the.joints of his.loin[s] [were].loosened and knees his this.[one] to this.[one] [were].knocking

JPS 1917: Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

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