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# יַצִּיב

Biblical Aramaic

**certain** — used 5 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

certain [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e6_5b4_5bc_5d9_5d1/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַצִּיב: adj. certain, true [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e6_5b4_5bc_5d9_5d1/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. certain, true (𝔗 id., firm, native (= אֶזְרָח));—abs. י׳ Dn 2:8, 45, emph. -בָא 3:24 (K§ 59. g); fs. -בָא 6:13; 7:16;— certain, sure Dn 2:45; in exclam. 3:24 undoubtedly! מִן־יַצִּיב 2:8 of a surety. true 6:13; f. as subst. 7:16 the truth concerning, עַל rei.

### Jastrow 1903

יַצִּיב ²: firmly planted native, citizen pl [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e6_5b4_5bc_5d9_5d1/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** firmly planted, v. נְצַב. Targ. Ps. XXXVII, 35 (h. text אזרח). Targ. Zech. XIV, 9. (cmp. אֶזְרָח) native, citizen. Targ. Ps. LXXXVIII, 1 (h. text אזרחי). Targ. O. Ex. XII, 19 (ed. Berl. pl.); a. fr.—Yoma 47ᵃ, a. e. י׳ בארעא, v. גָּיּוֹר.—\[Lev. R. s. 9 יציבא, read: יליפא, v. יְלֵיף.\]—Pl. יַצִּיבַיָּא, יַצִּיבֵי. Targ. O. Lev. XVI, 29. Targ. Y. Ex. l. c.; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 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: certain (3); \[is\] certain (1); truth (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.16/#tree)

קִרְבֵ֗ת עַל־חַד֙ מִן־קָ֣אֲמַיָּ֔א וְיַצִּיבָ֥א אֶבְעֵֽא־מִנֵּ֖הּ עַֽל־כָּל־דְּנָ֑ה וַאֲמַר־לִ֕י וּפְשַׁ֥ר מִלַּיָּ֖א יְהוֹדְעִנַּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* I.approached to one of the.\[ones\] standing and truth I.was.asking from him concerning all this and he.said to me and the.interpretation of the.matters he made.known.to.me

*JPS 1917:* I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things:

[Daniel 2:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.8/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר מִן־יַצִּיב֙ יָדַ֣ע אֲנָ֔ה דִּ֥י עִדָּנָ֖א אַנְתּ֣וּן זָבְנִ֑ין כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּ֣י חֲזֵית֔וֹן דִּ֥י אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying according.to certain \[am\].knowing I (diy).that (the) time you \[are\].gaining as to because that you.have.seen (diy).that \[is\].assured from me the word

*JPS 1917:* The king answered and said: 'I know of a truth that ye would gain time, inasmuch as ye see the thing is certain with me,

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e6_5b4_5bc_5d9_5d1.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e6_5b4_5bc_5d9_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).