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# בִּינָה

Biblical Aramaic

**understanding** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

understanding [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

בִּינָה: n.f. understanding [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. understanding (BH; √ בין; 𝔗 בִּיּוּנָא, Syriac ܒܽܘܝܳܢܳܐ );—abs. ב׳ Dn 2:21.

### Jastrow 1903

בִּינָה: intelligence, wisdom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** intelligence, wisdom. Nidd. 45ᵇ (play on ויבן, v. בִּין Hithpa.) the Lord has given to woman ב׳ יתירה greater (earlier maturity of) judgment. Ber. 10ᵃ במקום ב׳ at the place of understanding (near the heart); a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (of) discernment (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.21/#tree)

וְ֠הוּא מְהַשְׁנֵ֤א עִדָּנַיָּא֙ וְזִמְנַיָּ֔א מְהַעְדֵּ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין וּמְהָקֵ֣ים מַלְכִ֑ין יָהֵ֤ב חָכְמְתָא֙ לְחַכִּימִ֔ין וּמַנְדְּעָ֖א לְיָדְעֵ֥י בִינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he \[is\].changing the times and the.appointed times \[he.is\].removing kings and \[he.is\].setting.up kings \[he.is\].giving (the) wisdom to wise.men and (the) understanding to ones.knowing (of).discernment

*JPS 1917:* And He changeth the times and the seasons; He removeth kings, and setteth up kings; He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e0_5b8_5d4/): 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).