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# אַזְדָּא

Biblical Aramaic

**sure** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sure [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַזְדָּא: adj. sure, assured [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** (so Gi, with most MSS.; Baer אָֽזְדָא) adj. sure, assured (Pers. azda, Skr. addhâ, ‘certain’ (Kern ZDMG 1869, 220); so first NöKAT2 617; confirmed now by Egyptian Aramaic (RÉS 361, B 3) הן אזד יתעבד מן if it is made certain (certified) by, etc.; \> 𝔊 KiAV al. (v. Thes) as vb. is gone, or (אָֽזְדָא) is going, from Talm. אֲזַד (= אֲזַל) go away (LevyNHWB i. 50); so ScheftMGWJ 1903, 310 from Zend \*azda ‘gone,’ ptcp. pass. of azaiti ‘go’);—Dn 2:5 מִלְּתָה מִנִּי אַוְדָּא, v 8 דִּי־אַזְדָּא מִנִּי מִלְּתָא the word is assured on my part (the thing is fully resolved upon by me: cf.𝔖 ܫܰܪܺܝܪܳܐ; IE קַיָּימָא וֶאֱמֶת); + 3:14 (v. צְדָא).

### Jastrow 1903

אַזְדָּא: it is decreed this [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (foreg.) \[it is\] decreed (cmp. גְּזֵרָה). Dan. II, 5.—B. Mets. 116ᵇ if the landlord said, I let you this loft (as it is) א׳ it is a (divine) decree, i.e. it is the tenant’s misfortune that the loft fell in, and he has no claims. V. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.

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

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is\] assured (2).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying according.to certain \[am\].knowing I (diy).that (the) time you \[are\].gaining as to because that you.have.seen (diy).that \[is\].assured from me the word

*JPS 1917:* The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,

[Daniel 2:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.5/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to the Chaldeans the word from me \[is\].assured if not you will.make.known.to.me the dream and interpretation its members you.will.be.made and houses your a.refuse-heap they.will.be.made

*JPS 1917:* The king answered and said to the Chaldeans: 'The thing is certain with me; if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b7_5d6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d0/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).