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# הַדָּבָר

Biblical Aramaic

**counsellor** — used 4 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

counsellor [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b8_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הַדָּבַר: counsellor, minister [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b8_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. m. counsellor, minister (Pers. loan-word; orig. form and meaning dub., cf.AndrM 60\* MeyEntst. J.23 Dr Dn 3:24);—pl. emph. הַדָּֽבְרַיָּא Dn 6:8; cstr. הַדָּֽבְרֵי 3:27; sf. הַדָּֽבְרֵי 4:33, -ר֫וֹהִי 3:24.—Vid. גְּדָֽבְרַיָּא.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 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: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: counselors (2); the (1); the counselors (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.24/#tree)

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א תְּוַ֖הּ וְקָ֣ם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָ֑ה עָנֵ֨ה וְאָמַ֜ר לְהַדָּֽבְר֗וֹהִי הֲלָא֩ גֻבְרִ֨ין תְּלָתָ֜א רְמֵ֤ינָא לְגוֹא־נוּרָא֙ מְכַפְּתִ֔ין עָנַ֤יִן וְאָמְרִין֙ לְמַלְכָּ֔א יַצִּיבָ֖א מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* then Nebuchadnezzar the king he.was.alarmed and he.arose in haste \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying to counselors his not? men three did.we.throw to the.midst of the.fire bound \[they.were\].replying and \[they.were\].saying to the king certain O king

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was alarmed, and rose up in haste; he spoke and said unto his ministers: 'Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?' They answered and said unto the king: 'True, O king.'

[Daniel 4:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.33/#tree)

בֵּהּ־זִמְנָ֞א מַנְדְּעִ֣י ׀ יְת֣וּב עֲלַ֗י וְלִיקַ֨ר מַלְכוּתִ֜י הַדְרִ֤י וְזִוִי֙ יְת֣וּב עֲלַ֔י וְלִ֕י הַדָּֽבְרַ֥י וְרַבְרְבָנַ֖י יְבַע֑וֹן וְעַל־מַלְכוּתִ֣י הָתְקְנַ֔ת וּרְב֥וּ יַתִּירָ֖ה ה֥וּסְפַת לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* at it the time understanding my it.returned to me and to the.honor of my.kingdom majesty my and splendor my it.returned to me and (et) me counselors my and nobles my they.sought and over kingdom my it.was.established and greatness surpassing it.was.added to me

*JPS 1917:* At the same time mine understanding returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and my splendour returned unto me; and my ministers and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and surpassing greatness was added unto me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b8_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5b7_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d1_5b8_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).