[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%90%D7%AA/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [א](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/alef/)‎ / אָת‎ # אָת Biblical Aramaic **sign** — used 3 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 sign [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 אָת: n.m. sign [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 3:33 sign (always as wrought by God, and always c. תמהין wonders);—pl. abs. אָתִין Dn 6:28; emph. אָתַיָּא 3:32; sf. אָתוֹ֫הִי v 33. ### Jastrow 1903 אָת: sign, type; letter [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** c. (= b. h. אוֹת; fr. תאה, or תאו, sec. r. of אה or או; as to reject. of radical ו or ה, cmp. אב, אח &c.) sign, type; letter (v. אוֹת II). Targ. Ex. XIII, 16; a. fr.—Targ. Is. VII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. אָתִין, אָתַיָּא. Targ. Gen. I, 14. Targ. Ps. LXXIV, 4; a. e.—אַתְוָון, אַתְיָין, אַתְוָותָא, אַתְוָאן, (אָתָן) אַתְיָיתָא. Targ. Ps. l. c. Targ. O. Num. II, 2 ed. Berl. אַתְיַן, Var. אָתְיָן, אַתְוָון; Y. אתוון (v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 39); a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 13 ה׳ אתואן five letters of acrostics.—אַתְוָיֵי (אַתְוֵוי, אִיתְוֵי). Num. R. s. 13, end א׳ דידין וכ׳ the letters composing the one word (קערת) are the same as those composing the other (קרעת). 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 (4 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 not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[are\] his (1); signs (1); the (1). ## In the verses [Daniel 3:32](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/#tree) 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. [Daniel 3:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/#tree) אָת֙וֹהִי֙ כְּמָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי כְּמָ֣ה תַקִּיפִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃ *Word for word:* \[are\].his signs how! great and.\[are\] wonders his how! strong kingdom his \[is\].a.kingdom of.perpetuity and dominion his \[is\].with generation and generation *JPS 1917:* How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation. ## In Targum Onkelos Number 285 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 18 times there, in the forms לְאָת (11); אָת (7). [Deuteronomy 28:46](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.46/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.28.46/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וִיהוֹן בָּךְ לְאָת וּלְמוֹפֵת וּבִבְנָיךְ עַד עֳלָם וְהָי֣וּ בְךָ֔ לְא֖וֹת וּלְמוֹפֵ֑ת וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ *Word for word:* and they.will.become among you (into).a sign and.(into) a wonder and among offspring your until perpetuity *JPS 1917:* And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever; [Deuteronomy 6:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.6.8/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וְתִקְטְרִנוּן לְאָת עַל יְדָךְ וִיהוֹן לִתְפִלִין בֵּין עֵינָיךְ וּקְשַׁרְתָּ֥ם לְא֖וֹת עַל־יָדֶ֑ךָ וְהָי֥וּ לְטֹטָפֹ֖ת בֵּ֥ין עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ *Word for word:* and you will.tie.them for a.sign on hand your and they.will.be for marks between eyes your *JPS 1917:* And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b8_5ea/): 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).