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Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917. ## Meaning ### OpenScriptures lexical index might [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d1_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 גְּבוּרָה: might [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d1_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n. f. might;—emph. גְּבוּרְתָּא (K§§ 9 c); 57 b) α) but M-A§ 72 c) Dn 2:20, 23. ### Jastrow 1903 גְּבוּרָה: superiority, strength, might Divine Majesty, the Lord high age manifestations of Divine power, wonders G’buroth the power of rain G’buroth the Resurrection G’buroth G’shamim? the age of eighty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d1_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** superiority, strength, might. Yoma 69ᵇ זו היא גְּבוּרָתוֹ Ms. M. (ed. גְּבוּרַת גבורתו) in this His strength consists (in His long-suffering). Kidd. 49ᵇ י׳ קבים ג׳ וכ׳ ten measures of bravery have come down into the world, nine of which the Persians have taken; Esth. R. to I, 3. Num. R. s. 10 (allud. to Koh. X, 17 a. Is. V, 22) ג׳ של תורה וכ׳ the strength (acquired by the study) of the Law consists in ‘happy’, the strength of wine in ‘woe’; a. fr.— הַגְּ׳ Divine Majesty, the Lord. Sabb. 87ᵃ. Ib. 88ᵇ, a. fr. מפי הג׳ from the mouth of the Lord. high age, v. infra.—Pl. גְּבוּרוֹת 1) manifestations of Divine power, wonders. Yoma l. c. איה גְּבוּרוֹתָיו where are the evidences of His power (that we should call Him גבור)?—2) G’buroth, the second section of the T’fillah (v. אָבוֹת), praising the powers of the Lord, also called תְּחִיַית הַמֵּתִים. Y. Ber. IV, end, 8ᶜ this is the order &c. אבות וג׳ וכ׳ Aboth, G’buroth, and Kiddush hash-Shem (K’dushah).—ג׳ גְּשָׁמִים the power of rain, a clause praising the Lord for giving rains, inserted in G’buroth. Ber. V, 2 מזכירין ג׳ גש׳ we mention ‘the power of rain’, i.e. insert the clause, in ‘the Resurrection’, contrad. to the prayer for rain (שַׁאֲלָה). Taan. 2ᵃ מאי ג׳ גש׳ וכ׳ why is it named G’buroth G’shamim? Ans. מפני שיורדין בגבורה because the rains come down through (God’s) wonderful power (ref. to Job. V, 9—10).—3) (allusion to Ps. XC, 10) the age of eighty. M. Kat. 28ᵃ שמונים ג׳ (Ms. M. גבורה) ‘eighty years’ is called g’buroth (g’burah). Treat. S’maḥoth III, 8 מיתה של גבורה (Y. Bicc. II, 64ᶜ bot. של זקנה) a death of g’burah (at a high age); Ab. V, 21 בן שמנים לגבורה. M. Kat. l. c. הגיע לג׳ if one has reached the age of eighty. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (the) (2). ## In the verses [Daniel 2:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.20/#tree) עָנֵ֤ה דָֽנִיֵּאל֙ וְאָמַ֔ר לֶהֱוֵ֨א שְׁמֵ֤הּ דִּֽי־אֱלָהָא֙ מְבָרַ֔ךְ מִן־עָלְמָ֖א וְעַ֣ד־עָלְמָ֑א דִּ֧י חָכְמְתָ֛א וּגְבוּרְתָ֖א דִּ֥י לֵֽהּ־הִֽיא׃ *Word for word:* \[was\].replying Daniel and.\[was\] saying let.it.be name his (diy).of the.true God \[be\].blessed from (the) antiquity and to (the) perpetuity that (the) wisdom and (the) power that \[is\].to him it *JPS 1917:* Daniel spoke and said: Blessed be the name of God from everlasting even unto everlasting; for wisdom and might are His; [Daniel 2:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.23/#tree) לָ֣ךְ ׀ אֱלָ֣הּ אֲבָהָתִ֗י מְהוֹדֵ֤א וּמְשַׁבַּח֙ אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֧י חָכְמְתָ֛א וּגְבוּרְתָ֖א יְהַ֣בְתְּ לִ֑י וּכְעַ֤ן הֽוֹדַעְתַּ֙נִי֙ דִּֽי־בְעֵ֣ינָא מִנָּ֔ךְ דִּֽי־מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א הוֹדַעְתֶּֽנָא׃ *Word for word:* (et) you O.God of my.fathers \[am\].praising and.\[am\] praising I that (the) wisdom and (the) power you.have.given to me and now you have.made.known.to.me that we.asked from you that the.matter of the.king you made.known.to.us *JPS 1917:* I thank Thee, and praise Thee, O Thou God of my fathers, who hath given me wisdom and might, and hast now made known unto me what we desired of Thee; for Thou hast made known unto us the king's matter. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d1_5d5_5bc_5e8_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5d1_5d5_5bc_5e8_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).