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Baer Dn 2:10) part. there is, are … (proposes a subst. foll. by a gen., v. BH יֵשׁ: Egyptian Aramaic איתי RÉS 361, S-CPap., Nab. איתי, Palm. אית, 𝔗 Talm. אִית (Dalm § 44, 4), Syriac ܐܻܝܬ, Sam. ࠀࠉࠕ, Mand. אִית, עית (NöM §§ 213, 272): v. further BH יֵשׁ);—אִיתַי Dn 2:10, sf. אִיתָיךְ 2:26 Kt (Qr אִיתָךְ K§ 53, 2 b), אִית֫וֹהִי 2:11, איתינא Kt (i.e. prob. איתַ֫יְנָא: Kl.c.), Qr אִיתָ֫נָא 3:18, אִיתֵיכוֹן v 14, 15;—there is (are) …, abs. Dn 2:28 אִיתַי אֱלָהּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא there is a God in heaven, v 30 not by wisdom דִּי־אִיתַי בִּי that is in me, 3:12; 5:11; sq. ptcp. or adj. 2:26 הַאִיתָיךְ כָּהֵל art thou able …? 3:15, 17; sq. דִּי, Ezr 5:17 הֵן אִיתַי דִּי if it is that … With neg. לָא אִיתַי (so S-CD 10 +; 𝔗 Syriac Mand. לַיִת, ܠܰܝܬ, Zenj. sf. לישה (Cooke 184); cf.sub BH יֵשׁ) Dn 2:10 לָא אִיתַי אֱנָשׁ דִּי …, 3:29; 4:32; after the subj. 2:11 a; 3:25 וַחֲבָל לָא א׳ בְּהוֹן, Ezr 4:16; sq. ptcp. or adj. Dn 3:14, 18; with pleon. sf., 2:11 דִּי מְדָֽרְהוֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָא לָא אִיתוֹהִי. ### Jastrow 1903 \*אִיתַי: there is, there are. here there [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5b7_5d9/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** , אִיתַיי (pl. of אִית) there is, there are. Dan. II, 10; a. fr.—Y. Shebi. X, 39ᶜ ל׳ יום לא איתיי (Y. Macc. I, 31ᵃ … איתי) a loan on thirty days does not exist, i.e. does not come within the rule whereby a creditor may secure collection by announcing legal action before the Sabbath year limitation takes effect.—\*Pes. 50ᵃ כי היכי דאיתו אנן אִיתִינָן וכ׳ (read דאיתי or דאיתינן; Ms. M. אתינן; diff. vers. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) as we are esteemed here (in this world) so are we there (in the world of the beatified). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: there (17). ## In the verses [Daniel 3:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.17/#tree) הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י אֱלָהַ֙נָא֙ דִּֽי־אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא מִן־אַתּ֨וּן נוּרָ֧א יָקִֽדְתָּ֛א וּמִן־יְדָ֥ךְ מַלְכָּ֖א יְשֵׁיזִֽב׃ *Word for word:* if there \[is\].our God whom we \[are\].paying.reverence \[is\].being.able to deliver us from the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning and from hand your O king he.will.deliver *JPS 1917:* If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us, He will deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and out of thy hand, O king. [Daniel 2:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.26/#tree) עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְדָנִיֵּ֔אל דִּ֥י שְׁמֵ֖הּ בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּ֑ר הַֽאִיתָ֣ךְ כָּהֵ֗ל לְהוֹדָעֻתַ֛נִי חֶלְמָ֥א דִֽי־חֲזֵ֖ית וּפִשְׁרֵֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying to Daniel who name his \[was\].Belteshazzar there \[are\].you? able to make known.to.me the dream which I.saw and interpretation its *JPS 1917:* The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: 'Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?' ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5b7_5d9.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b4_5d9_5ea_5b7_5d9/): 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).