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# דְּבַח

Biblical Aramaic

**sacrifice** — used 2 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

sacrifice [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דְּבַח²: sacrifice [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sacrifice;—pl. abs. דִּבְחִין Ezr 6:3.

### Jastrow 1903

דְּבַח II: slaughtering, sacrifice, feast the feast of Passover [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , slaughtering, sacrifice, feast. Targ. II Kings V, 17. Targ. Prov. XXI, 3; a. e.—Pl. דִּבְחִין, דִּבְחַיָּא, דִּיבְ׳. Targ. Num. XXV, 2 דִּבְחֵי (some ed. O. דַּבְּ׳). Targ. II Sam. XV, 12; a. fr.—Esp. the feast of Passover. Sabb. 110ᵃ בין ד׳ לעצרתא between Passover and Pentecost.

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 not compared, 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: \[they were\] sacrificing (1); sacrifices (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 6:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.3/#tree)

בִּשְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְכ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֤א בִֽירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי־דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְאֻשּׁ֖וֹהִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵהּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין׃

*Word for word:* in year one of Cyrus the king Cyrus the king he.made a.decree the.house of.(the) God in Jerusalem the house let.it.be.built a.place which \[they.were\].sacrificing sacrifices and foundations its \[be\].retained height its cubits sixty width its cubits sixty

*JPS 1917:* In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5d1_5b7_5d7/): 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).