[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%93%D7%9B%D7%A8/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [ד](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/dalet/)‎ / דְּכַר‎ # דְּכַר Biblical Aramaic **ram** — 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 ram [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 דְּכַר: n.m. ram [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. ram (𝔗 דִּכְרָא, Syriac ܕܶܟܪܳܐ id., also (and primarily) male, v. BH זָכָר);—pl. דִּכְרִין for sacrifice Ezr 6:9, 17; 7:17. ### Jastrow 1903 דְּכַר II: marked male, man the male of the flock, ram Pl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** = h. זָכָר \[marked,\] male, man. Targ. Gen. I, 27; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 33 בר דְּ׳ male offspring, opp. ברתא נוקבא. Bets. 7ᵃ ביעי דדִכְ׳ eggs originating from fructification by a cock, opp. דספנא וכ׳ from self-friction. Pes. 56ᵃ כופרא די׳, v. כּוּפְרָא III.—Pl. דִּכְרִין, דִּכְרַיָּא, דִּכְרֵי, דִּי׳, דּוּ. Targ. Ex. XIII, 15; a. fr.—Keth. IV, 10 (52ᵇ) בנין דיכרין male issue, opp. בנן נוקבן. Gen. R. l. c. הוא מן ד׳ וכ׳ he is a descendant of Judah by the male side. (sub. דענא) the male of the flock, ram. Targ. Num. XXVIII, 11; a. fr.—Pl. as above. Targ. Ex. XXIX, 1; a. fr.—Ḥull. 51ᵃ הנהו ד׳ וכ׳ wethers which thieves carried off (by throwing them over the fence)—Gen. R. s. 70, end, v. דִּכְרָנִי. \[עינבי דיכרין, v. כְּרוּמָא a. כְּרַהּ.\] 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 (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 (4 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: rams (3). ## In the verses [Ezra 6:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.17/#tree) וְהַקְרִ֗בוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָה֒ תּוֹרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה דִּכְרִ֣ין מָאתַ֔יִן אִמְּרִ֖ין אַרְבַּ֣ע מְאָ֑ה וּצְפִירֵ֨י עִזִּ֜ין לְחַטָּאָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֔ר לְמִנְיָ֖ן שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ *Word for word:* and they.offered for the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this bulls one.hundred rams two.hundred lambs four hundred and he-goats of.goats for a.sin.offering on all Israel two.plus ten to the.number of.the.tribes of.Israel *JPS 1917:* And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. [Ezra 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.17/#tree) כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָה֩ אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא תִקְנֵ֜א בְּכַסְפָּ֣א דְנָ֗ה תּוֹרִ֤ין ׀ דִּכְרִין֙ אִמְּרִ֔ין וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן וּתְקָרֵ֣ב הִמּ֔וֹ עַֽל־מַדְבְּחָ֔ה דִּ֛י בֵּ֥ית אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם דִּ֥י בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* as to because this diligently you.will.buy with the silver this bulls rams lambs and their.grain offerings and their.drink offerings and you.will.offer them on the altar (diy).of the.house of your.God which \[is\].in Jerusalem *JPS 1917:* therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. ## In Targum Onkelos Number 118 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 50 times there, in the forms דְכַר (28); וּדְכַר (12); דְּכַר (9); לִדְכַר (1). [Exodus 29:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.31/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וְיָת דְכַר קֻרְבָּנַיָא תִּסָב וּתְבַשֵׁל יָת בִּסְרֵהּ בַּאֲתַר קַדִישׁ: וְאֵ֛ת אֵ֥יל הַמִּלֻּאִ֖ים תִּקָּ֑ח וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥ אֶת־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ בְּמָקֹ֥ם קָדֹֽשׁ׃ *Word for word:* and (et) the.ram of.(the) installation.offering(s) you.will.take and you.will.boil (et) meat its in a.place holy *JPS 1917:* And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. [Leviticus 19:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.21/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew וְיַיְתִי יָת אַשְׁמֵהּ קֳדָם יְיָ לִתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא דְכַר לַאֲשָׁמָא וְהֵבִ֤יא אֶת־אֲשָׁמוֹ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד אֵ֖יל אָשָֽׁם׃ *Word for word:* and he.will.bring (et) offering his.guilt to Yahweh to the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting a.ram of.a.guilt.offering *JPS 1917:* And he shall bring his forfeit unto the LORD, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt-offering. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b0_5bc_5db_5b7_5e8.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_5db_5b7_5e8/): 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).