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# יָעֵט

Biblical Aramaic

**counsellor** — used 2 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/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְעַט: vb. advise Ithpa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. advise (so JAram.; BH יעץ);—Ithpa. Pf. 3 mpl. אִתְיָעַ֫טוּ (K§§ 23, 1, Anm.; 39, 5) Dn 6:8 recipr. took counsel with each other, sq. inf.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Ezra 7:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.15/#tree)

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה כְּסַ֣ף וּדְהַ֑ב דִּֽי־מַלְכָּ֣א וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי הִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דִּ֥י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to carry silver and gold which the king and counselors his they.have.offered.freely to the.God of.Israel who \[is\].in Jerusalem abode his

*JPS 1917:* and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

[Ezra 7:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.14/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א וְשִׁבְעַ֤ת יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙ שְׁלִ֔יחַ לְבַקָּרָ֥א עַל־יְה֖וּד וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהָ֖ךְ דִּ֥י בִידָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* as to because that from before the king and seven counselors his \[you.are\].sent to enquire on Judah and to Jerusalem in the.law of your.God which \[is\].in hand your

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e2_5b5_5d8/): 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).