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מִלָּה

«מִלָּה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: word — 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: 24 times · Key: lemma:מִלָּה · BDB: מִלָּה²

Glosses

the (11); of (4); the.matter (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

word tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. word, thing tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. word, thing;—abs. מ׳ Dn 2:9 +, cstr. מִלַּת v 10 +; emph. מִלְּתָה v 5, א—ָ v 8 +; pl. abs. מִלִּין 7:1, 25, cstr. מִלֵּי 5:10, emph. מִלַּיָּא 7:11, 16;— word, utterance Dn 4:28; 6:15, pl. 5:10; 7:11, 25; in bad sense, מ׳ כִדְבָה וּשְׁחִיתָה 2:9, מִלַּיָּא רַבְרְבָתָא 7:11 (cf. רַבְרְבָן alone v 8:20); word of God’s judgment 4:30; = command 2:5, 8; 3:22, 28; 6:13. thing, affair, matter: 2:10(×2), 11, 15, 17, 23; 5:15, 26; 7:28(×2), pl. v 1, 16.

Jastrow 1903

מִלָּה: word tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

word. Lev. R. s. 16 (prov.) מ׳ בסלע משתוקא בשנים where a word is worth a Sela, silence is worth two; Meg. 18ᵃ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1).—Pl. מִלִּין, מִי. Cant. R. to IV, 4, v. קָצַב; a. e.—Ch. מִלָּה, v. מִילָּא.]

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:26

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃

Word for word: this [is].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it

JPS 1917: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

Daniel 2:17

אֱדַ֥יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל לְבַיְתֵ֣הּ אֲזַ֑ל וְ֠לַחֲנַנְיָה מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וַעֲזַרְיָ֛ה חַבְר֖וֹהִי מִלְּתָ֥א הוֹדַֽע׃

Word for word: then Daniel to house his he.went and to Hananiah Mishael and Azariah companions his the matter he.made.known

JPS 1917: Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

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