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# עֲמַר

Biblical Aramaic

**wool** — 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

wool [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲמַר: n.m. wool [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wool (𝔗 Syriac; EgyptianAramaic עמר S-CG 7, 10, קמר id.H 5; cf. Mand. אקאמרא, NöM 72; v. BH צמר);—abs. Dn 7:9.

### Jastrow 1903

עֲמַר III: wool cotton [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (עמר I, cmp. עָמִיר a. אִימַּר) = h. צֶמֶר, wool. Targ. Ps. XXXIX, 12, v. גַּרְדֵּם. Targ. Deut. XXII, 11. Targ. Lev. XIII, 48; a. fr.—Ḥag. 15ᵇ, v. יוֹרֶה II. B. Bath. 74ᵃ, a. e. גבבא דע׳, v. גְּבָבָא. Yoma 71ᵇ; Zeb. 18ᵇ; a. fr.—גופנא(ד) ע׳ cotton, v. גּוּפְנָא.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/#tree)

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.\[one\] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow \[was\].white and the.hair of his.head like wool \[was\].pure throne his \[was\].flames (diy).of fire wheels its \[were\].fire burning

*JPS 1917:* I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5de_5b7_5e8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5de_5b7_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).