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נְחָשׁ

«נְחָשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: copper — 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: 9 times · Key: lemma:נְחָשׁ · BDB: נְחָשׁ

Glosses

bronze (4); the (3); (the) (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

copper tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. copper, bronze tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. copper, bronze (𝔗 Syriac; BH נְחשֶׁת, נְחוּשָׁה, √ III. נחשׁ);—as material: abs. נ׳ Dn 2:32; 4:12, 20; 7:19; emph. נְחָשָׁא 2:35, 39, 45; 5:4, 23.

Jastrow 1903

נְחָשׁ

The whole Jastrow entry

m. ch. = h. נְחוֹשֶׁת. Targ. Jer. XV, 20. Targ. Num. XXI, 9; a. fr.—Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵈ נ׳ יקיר נ׳ זליל copper rises and falls (silver being the standard), v. יֵקִּירָא. Esth. R. to I, 22 (ר׳ עזריה) מה דהדין קיתונא דנ׳ וכ׳ what purpose this copper vessels serves, an earthen vessel may serve as well; Lev. R. s. 12 (not נחשת); a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Daniel 5:4

אִשְׁתִּ֖יו חַמְרָ֑א וְ֠שַׁבַּחוּ לֵֽאלָהֵ֞י דַּהֲבָ֧א וְכַסְפָּ֛א נְחָשָׁ֥א פַרְזְלָ֖א אָעָ֥א וְאַבְנָֽא׃

Word for word: they.drank the wine and they.praised (et).the gods of.(the) gold and (the) silver (the) bronze (the) iron (the) wood and (the) stone

JPS 1917: They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

Daniel 2:32

ה֣וּא צַלְמָ֗א רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ דִּֽי־דְהַ֣ב טָ֔ב חֲד֥וֹהִי וּדְרָע֖וֹהִי דִּ֣י כְסַ֑ף מְע֥וֹהִי וְיַרְכָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֥י נְחָֽשׁ׃

Word for word: that the image head its [was].(diy).of gold good breast(s) its and arms its [were].(diy).of silver belli(es) its and loins its [were].(diy).of bronze

JPS 1917: As for that image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass,

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