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# יַתִּיר

Biblical Aramaic

**pre-eminent** — used 8 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

pre-eminent [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יַתִּיר: adj. pre-eminent, surpassing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. pre-eminent, surpassing (v. BH יתר);—ms. abs. י׳ Dn 2:31; fs. יַתִּירָא 6:4, usually ה—ָ 4:33; 5:12, 14; as adv. exceedingly 3:22; 7:7, 19 (cf. יתיר מתבריך EutSin. 498 wh. Lzb 401 reads יתירית בריך).

### Jastrow 1903

יַתִּיר II: Yattir [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Yattir, v. מְחַרְתָּא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (36 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: exceedingly (3); extraordinary (3); \[was\] extraordinary (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 5:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.14/#tree)

וְשִׁמְעֵ֣ת עֲלָ֔ךְ דִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה יַתִּירָ֖ה הִשְׁתְּכַ֥חַת בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* and I.have.heard concerning you (diy).that a.spirit of.gods \[is\].in you and illumination and insight and wisdom extraordinary it.was.found in you

*JPS 1917:* I have heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and surpassing wisdom is found in thee.

[Daniel 2:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.31/#tree)

אַ֣נְתְּהמַלְכָּ֗א חָזֵ֤ה הֲוַ֙יְתָ֙ וַאֲל֨וּ צְלֵ֥ם חַד֙ שַׂגִּ֔יא צַלְמָ֨א דִּכֵּ֥ן רַ֛ב וְזִיוֵ֥הּ יַתִּ֖יר קָאֵ֣ם לְקָבְלָ֑ךְ וְרֵוֵ֖הּ דְּחִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* you O king seeing you.were and lo! an.image one great the image this \[was\].great and splendor its \[was\].extraordinary \[was\].standing (to) before you and appearance its \[was\].terrible

*JPS 1917:* Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_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).