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# עַתִּיק

Biblical Aramaic

**advanced** — used 3 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

advanced [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e7/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עַתִּיק: adj. advanced, aged [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e7/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. advanced, aged (BH (as Aramaism), √ עתק, q.v.);—cstr. (-מַיָּא) ע׳ יוֹמִין one advanced, aged, in days Dn 7:9, 13, 22 (cf. Syriac ܥܰܬܻܝܩ ܝܰܘ݇ܡܳܬܳܐ Ecclus 25:4 al., PS 3011).

### Jastrow 1903

עַתִּיק ²: enduring, strong, old [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e7/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) enduring, strong, old. Targ. Num. VI, 3. Targ. O. Lev. XIII, 11 (Y. עתיקותא, read: עַתִּיקְתָּא); a. fr.—Pes. 119ᵃ (ref. to ולמכסה עתיק, Is. XXIII, 18) דברים שכיסה ע׳ יומין the things which the Ancient of days (Dan. VII, 22) has hidden. B. Bath. 91ᵇ (ref. to I Chr. IV, 22, v. preced.) דברים הללו ע׳ יומיא אמרן the Ancient of days has said these things; Yalk. Ruth 600. B. Kam. 96ᵇ גזלנא ע׳ an inveterate robber. Pes. 42ᵇ (expl. יין ישן) ע׳ עַתִּיקֵי very old wine. Yoma 29ᵃ מיגמר בע׳ וכ׳, v. גְּמַר II; a. e.—\[B. Bath. 91ᵇ bot., v. עוּתְקָא.\]—Pl. עַתִּיקִין, עַתִּיקַיָּא, עַתִּיקֵי. Targ. I Kings VIII, 2 (h. text האתנים).—Y. Shek. II, beg. 46ᶜ תקלין ע׳ old Shekels. Pes. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the \[one\] ancient (2); ancient (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.22/#tree)

עַ֣ד דִּֽי־אֲתָ֗ה עַתִּיק֙ יֽוֹמַיָּ֔א וְדִינָ֣א יְהִ֔ב לְקַדִּישֵׁ֖י עֶלְיוֹנִ֑ין וְזִמְנָ֣א מְטָ֔ה וּמַלְכוּתָ֖א הֶחֱסִ֥נוּ קַדִּישִֽׁין׃

*Word for word:* until that he.came the.\[one\].ancient of.(the) days and (the) judgment it.was.given for the.holy.\[ones\] of.the.Most.High and the.appointed time it.arrived and the kingdom they.took.possession.of \[the\].holy.\[ones\]

*JPS 1917:* until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given for the saints of the Most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom.

[Daniel 7:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.13/#tree)

חָזֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּחֶזְוֵ֣י לֵֽילְיָ֔א וַאֲרוּ֙ עִם־עֲנָנֵ֣י שְׁמַיָּ֔א כְּבַ֥ר אֱנָ֖שׁ אָתֵ֣ה הֲוָ֑ה וְעַד־עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙ מְטָ֔ה וּקְדָמ֖וֹהִי הַקְרְבֽוּהִי׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was in the.visions of the.night and lo! with the.clouds of the.heavens like a.son of.man coming he.was and to the.\[one\].ancient of.(the) days he.reached and before him they brought.him.near

*JPS 1917:* I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of days, and he was brought near before Him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e7.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5ea_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e7/): 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).