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# דֵּךְ

Biblical Aramaic

**this** — used 13 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

this [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

דֵּךְ: demonstr. pr. this [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** demonstr. pr. m. this, f. דָּךְ; only Ezr; Dn uses דִּכֵּן (Egyptian and Cappad. Aramaic זך (CIS ii. 151 RÉS 361 B S-CPap. (f. דכא, דכי ib.F 6, 9), LzbEph. i. 67); 𝔗 דֵּיכֵי, f. דָּךְ; Arabic ذَاكَ; Ethiopic ዝኩ From ذَا, זֶה, דָּא (f.), with the affix ך (WCG 110), thus lit. = Germ. dieser da. The pl. is אִלֵּךְ, q.v.);—this (always after its subst.), Ezr 5:16 שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּר דֵּךְ, v 17 בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דֵךְ, 6:7, 8, 12; f. 4:13, 15(×2), 16, 19, 21 all קִרְיְתָא דָךְ, 5:8.

### Jastrow 1903

דֵּךְ: this, that. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (דא with format. ך; cmp. דּוּךְ II) this, that. Ezra V, 16; a. fr. Ib. IV, 13; a. fr.—Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 19 דּיכִּי ed. Berl. (ed. דֵּיכִי). Targ. Jud. VI, 20; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 5; Yalk. Ps. 848; (play on דָּכְיָם, Ps. XCIII, 3) להָדֵךְ ימא unto this sea there; Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. להדך פלן, expl. לדוכתא פלן. B. Mets. 86ᵃ מרי דיכי the lord of this (breeze) here.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: this (13).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.21/#tree)

כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃

*Word for word:* now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made

*JPS 1917:* Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

[Ezra 6:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/#tree)

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

*JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b5_5bc_5da_5b0/): 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).