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# יְצַב

Biblical Aramaic

**make certain** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

make certain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְצַב: vb. Pa. make certain, gain certainty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pa. make certain, gain certainty (𝔗; cf. BH);— Inf. לְיַצָּבָא Dn 7:19, c. עַל concerning.

### Jastrow 1903

יְצַב: to establish to ascertain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** ; Pa. יַצֵּב to establish. \[Dan. VII, 19 to ascertain.\] Targ. I Chr. IV, 23.—V. נְצַב.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.19/#tree)

אֱדַ֗יִן צְבִית֙ לְיַצָּבָ֔א עַל־חֵֽיוְתָא֙ רְבִיעָ֣יְתָ֔א דִּֽי־הֲוָ֥ת שָֽׁנְיָ֖ה מִן־כָּלְּהֵ֑ין דְּחִילָ֣ה יַתִּ֗ירָה שִׁנַּ֤הּ דִּֽי־פַרְזֶל֙ וְטִפְרַ֣יהּ דִּֽי־נְחָ֔שׁ אָֽכְלָ֣ה מַדֲּקָ֔ה וּשְׁאָרָ֖א בְּרַגְלַ֥יהּרָֽפְסָֽה׃

*Word for word:* then I.desired to make.certain concerning the beast (the) fourth which it.was different from all of.them \[it.was\].terrible exceedingly tooth its \[were\].(diy).of iron and claws its \[were\].(diy).of bronze \[it.was\].devouring \[it.was\].shattering and the rest with feet its \[it.was\].trampling

*JPS 1917:* Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was diverse from all of them, exceeding terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e6_5b7_5d1/): 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).