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# צְדָא

Biblical Aramaic

**purpose** — 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

purpose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צְדָא: purpose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] usually (malicious) purpose (Hebraism from BH צְדִיָּה, √ I. צדה);—c. ה interrog. הַצְדָּא Dn 3:14; הַאַזְדָּא Bev Dr Kmp.

### Jastrow 1903

צְדָא

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. צְדֵי

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 not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (8 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.14/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה נְבֻֽכַדְנֶצַּר֙ וְאָמַ֣ר לְה֔וֹן הַצְדָּ֕א שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ לֵֽאלָהַ֗י לָ֤א אִֽיתֵיכוֹן֙ פָּֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א דִּ֥י הֲקֵ֖ימֶת לָ֥א סָֽגְדִֽין׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying Nebuchadnezzar and.\[was\] saying to them purpose? O.Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego to gods my not there you \[are\].paying.reverence and to the.image of.(the) gold which I.have.set.up not \[you.are\].paying.homage

*JPS 1917:* Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said unto them: 'Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1510/lemma_3a_5e6_5b0_5d3_5b8_5d0/): 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).