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פֶּחָה

«פֶּחָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: governor — 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: 10 times · Key: lemma:פֶּחָה · BDB: פֶּחָה

Glosses

the.governor (5); the (4); governor (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

governor tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. governor tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. (Bab. or Pers.) governor (Assyrian loan-word, BH id.);—abs. פ׳ Ezr 5:14; cstr. פַּחַת Ezr 5:3, 6; 6:6, 7, 13; pl. emph. פַּתֲוָתָא Dn 3:2, 3, 27; 6:8.

Jastrow 1903

פֶּחָה: to be large grandee, high officer, governor tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(b. h.; = בעל פ׳, v. Del. Assyr. Handw. p. 519; פחה to be large, grandee, high officer, governor. Y. Bets. IV, 62ᶜ (R. Ḥiya addressing Rab) בן פי׳ אחריהם son of nobility, follow them (the example of thy kindred)!—Pl. פַּחוֹת. Bicc. III, 3 הפ׳ הסגנים וכ׳ the grandees, the chiefs, and the treasurers (of the Temple) went out to meet them. Num. R. s. 14; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 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: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Ezra 6:7

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

Word for word: leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

JPS 1917: let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

Ezra 6:13

אֱ֠דַיִן תַּתְּנַ֞י פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן לָקֳבֵ֗ל דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֞ח דָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֛א כְּנֵ֖מָא אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא עֲבַֽדוּ׃

Word for word: then Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their (to) before that he.had.sent Darius the king accordingly diligently they.did

JPS 1917: Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.

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