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# חֲבַר

Biblical Aramaic

**fellow** — 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

fellow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲבַר: n.m. fellow, comrade [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. fellow, comrade (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH);—pl. sf. חַבְרוֹ֫הִי Dn 2:13, 17, 18.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲבַר: Pa. to fasten, join Pe to combine against to charm to wound to associate to be wounded [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5e8/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , Pa. חַבֵּר ch. same, to fasten, join. Targ. Ps. CXIX, 69 (Ms. חָבְרוּ Pe.; h. text טפלו). to combine against. Targ. Job XVI, 4 (h. text אחבירה). to charm. Targ. Y. I Deut. XVIII, 11. to wound, v. infra. \[Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᵇ bot., v. חֲכַר.\] to associate. Targ. Hos. IV, 17; a. e. to be wounded. Keth. 5ᵇ דם מיפקד פקיד או חַבּוּרֵי אִיחַבַּר is the blood (in the womb) stored up, or is it the result of a wound?; ib. 6ᵃ דם חבורי מִיחַבַּר.

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, only a cross-reference (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 differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: companions (3).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.13/#tree)

וְדָתָ֣א נֶפְקַ֔ת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין וּבְע֛וֹ דָּנִיֵּ֥אל וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and the decree it.went.out and the.wise men \[were\].about.to.be.killed and they.sought Daniel and companions his to be.killed

*JPS 1917:* So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

[Daniel 2:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.17/#tree)

אֱדַ֥יִן דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אל לְבַיְתֵ֣הּ אֲזַ֑ל וְ֠לַחֲנַנְיָה מִֽישָׁאֵ֧ל וַעֲזַרְיָ֛ה חַבְר֖וֹהִי מִלְּתָ֥א הוֹדַֽע׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel to house his he.went and to Hananiah Mishael and Azariah companions his the matter he.made.known

*JPS 1917:* Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_5b7_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5d1_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).