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# קַיָּם

Biblical Aramaic

**enduring** — 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

enduring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5dd/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קַיָּם: adj. enduring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5dd/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. enduring (cf. Nab. קים (Cooke 217 Lzb קָיֵם; SAC, privately, prob. קַיָּם));—abs. ק׳ Dn 6:27 (of God, so often 𝔗 NH, cf. Dr); fs. קַיָּמָה 4:23 (of kingdom).

### Jastrow 1903

קַיָּם

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , v. sub קיי׳.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (18 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[he is\] enduring (1); \[will be\] enduring (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.23/#tree)

וְדִ֣י אֲמַ֗רוּ לְמִשְׁבַּ֞ק עִקַּ֤ר שָׁרְשׁ֙וֹהִי֙ דִּ֣י אִֽילָנָ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ לָ֣ךְ קַיָּמָ֑ה מִן־דִּ֣י תִנְדַּ֔ע דִּ֥י שַׁלִּטִ֖ן שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and that they.said to leave the.stump of its.roots (diy).of the tree kingdom your to you \[will.be\].enduring from that you.will.know (diy).that \[are\].having.mastery the heavens

*JPS 1917:* And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.

[Daniel 6:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.27/#tree)

מִן־קֳדָמַי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ דִּ֣י ׀ בְּכָל־שָׁלְטָ֣ן מַלְכוּתִ֗י לֶהֱוֺ֤ן זָיְעִין֙ וְדָ֣חֲלִ֔ין מִן־קֳדָ֖ם אֱלָהֵ֣הּ דִּי־דָֽנִיֵּ֑אל דִּי־ה֣וּא ׀ אֱלָהָ֣א חַיָּ֗א וְקַיָּם֙ לְעָ֣לְמִ֔ין וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ דִּֽי־לָ֣א תִתְחַבַּ֔ל וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עַד־סוֹפָֽא׃

*Word for word:* from before me it.is.made a.decree (diy).that in all the.dominion of my.kingdom they.will.be trembling and fearing from before God his (diy).of Daniel that he \[is\].the God (the) living and \[he.is\].enduring forever and kingdom his \[is.one\].which not it.will.be.destroyed and dominion his \[is\].to the end

*JPS 1917:* I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5dd.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b8_5bc_5dd/): 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).