שְׁפַר
Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:שְׁפַר · BDB: שְׁפַר
Glosses
it.seemed.good (2); let.it.be.acceptable (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be fair tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be fair, seemly tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be fair, seemly (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH (rare and mostly late); Palm. שפר ל merit well of, SAC117; Cappad. Aramaic שפירא LzbEph 160);— Pf. 3 ms. שׁ׳, c. קֳדָם pers. it seemed good to Dn 3:32; 6:2; Impf. 3 ms. יִשְׁפַּר עַל 4:24 let my counsel be acceptable to thee.
Jastrow 1903
שְׁפַר: to cleanse, make handsome, pleasant Pa. to make one’s self fair, adorn one’s self tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
Targ. Gen. XXXIV, 18. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 32. Targ. Esth. I, 10; a. fr.—Snh. 11ᵇ ושַׁפְרָא מילתא באנפיי וכ׳ and the thing was pleasing in my sight and &c.; Y. ib. I, 18ᵈ top; Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᶜ top. Ker. 5ᵇ אי שמין וש׳ וכ׳ if it (the cock) gets fat and well-looking, he may know that he will succeed; a. e. to cleanse, make handsome, pleasant. Targ. Y. Gen. IX, 27 (h. text יפת). Targ. Prov. XV, 2. Ib. XVII, 22 (Ms. מְשַׁפֵּיר Pa.); a. e.—Y. Maasr. I, 49ᵃ bot. יַשְׁפַּר אפוי וכ׳, v. כַּרְיָא I. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. מַשְׁפַּר תייטרון cleaning the theatre; a. e. to make one’s self fair, adorn one’s self. Targ. Jer. II, 33.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «שְׁפַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃
Word for word: the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare
JPS 1917: It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.
שְׁפַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ וַהֲקִים֙ עַל־מַלְכוּתָ֔א לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א מְאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֺ֖ן בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃
Word for word: it.seemed.good before Darius and he.appointed over the kingdom (et) the satraps one.hundred and twenty who they.will.be over all the kingdom
JPS 1917: It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
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