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# נְכַס

Biblical Aramaic

**riches** — 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

riches [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5db_5b7_5e1/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נְכַס: riches, property [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5db_5b7_5e1/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\], pl. נִכְסִין riches, property (𝔗 Syriac; Egyptian Aramaic S-CE4+; BH (late));—עֲנָשׁ נ׳ Ezr 7:26 confiscation of property; cstr. נִכְסֵי 6:8.

### Jastrow 1903

נְכַס: to be slaughtered [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5db_5b7_5e1/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** ch. same; impf. יִכּוֹס. Targ. Gen. XXXI, 54. Ib. O. XXII, 10 למִיכַּס ed. Berl. (oth. ed. a. Y. למֵיכַס); a. fr.—Snh. 25ᵇ bot. והאידנא נ׳ אבא וכ׳ and presently he will slaughter the father for the son and the son for the father (he will exercise extortions). Y. Shebi. V, end, 36ᵃ מִיכּוֹס תורא וכ׳ to slaughter an ox available for the plough; a. fr. , אִינְּכֵיס to be slaughtered. Targ. Lev. XIX, 6; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 33 אזל למִתְנַכְסָה וכ׳ was going to be slaughtered, and it lowed, as if to say, save me; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ מִינְּכֵיס; Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ מִנְּכִס taken to be slaughtered.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 (4 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Ezra 7:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.26/#tree)

וְכָל־דִּי־לָא֩ לֶהֱוֵ֨א עָבֵ֜ד דָּתָ֣א דִֽי־אֱלָהָ֗ךְ וְדָתָא֙ דִּ֣י מַלְכָּ֔א אָסְפַּ֕רְנָא דִּינָ֕ה לֶהֱוֵ֥א מִתְעֲבֵ֖ד מִנֵּ֑הּ הֵ֤ן לְמוֹת֙ הֵ֣ן לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔י הֵן־לַעֲנָ֥שׁ נִכְסִ֖ין וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃פ

*Word for word:* and any who not he.will.be doing the law (diy).of God your and the decree (diy).of the king diligently (the) judgment let.it.be done from him whether to death or to banishment or to confiscation of.properti(es) and to imprisonment(s)

*JPS 1917:* And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.'

[Ezra 6:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.8/#tree)

וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ לְמָ֣א דִֽי־תַֽעַבְד֗וּן עִם־שָׂבֵ֤י יְהוּדָיֵא֙ אִלֵּ֔ךְ לְמִבְנֵ֖א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ וּמִנִּכְסֵ֣י מַלְכָּ֗א דִּ֚י מִדַּת֙ עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֔ה אָסְפַּ֗רְנָא נִפְקְתָ֛א תֶּהֱוֵ֧א מִֽתְיַהֲבָ֛א לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥א אִלֵּ֖ךְ דִּי־לָ֥א לְבַטָּלָֽא׃

*Word for word:* and from me it.is.made a.decree to whatever that you.will.do with the.elders of the.Jews these to build the.house of.(the) God this and from the.properti(es) of the.king which \[is\].the.tribute of.the.region.beyond the river diligently the expense let.it.be given to the men these that not to make.to.cease

*JPS 1917:* Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God; that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5db_5b7_5e1.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5db_5b7_5e1/): 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).