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# קָל

Biblical Aramaic

**voice** — used 7 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

voice [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָל: n.m. voice [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 4:28 voice (𝔗 Syriac);—ק׳ abs. Dn 4:28; 6:21, cstr. sound of words 7:11, instr. 3:5, 7, 10, 15.

### Jastrow 1903

קָל II: Ḳal Voice [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** (preced.) Ḳal (Voice), name of the genius of Nebuchadnezzar. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Dan. IV, 28).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the sound (5); a voice (2).

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.28/#tree)

ע֗וֹד מִלְּתָא֙ בְּפֻ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔א קָ֖ל מִן־שְׁמַיָּ֣א נְפַ֑ל לָ֤ךְ אָֽמְרִין֙ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֣ר מַלְכָּ֔א מַלְכוּתָ֖ה עֲדָ֥ת מִנָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* still the word \[was\].in the.mouth of the.king a.voice from the heavens it.fell to you \[they.are\].saying O.Nebuchadnezzar the king the kingdom it.has.passed.away from you

*JPS 1917:* While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven: 'O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken: the kingdom is departed from thee.

[Daniel 7:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/#tree)

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית בֵּאדַ֗יִן מִן־קָל֙ מִלַּיָּ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י קַרְנָ֖א מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּ֨י קְטִילַ֤ת חֵֽיוְתָא֙ וְהוּבַ֣ד גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לִיקֵדַ֥ת אֶשָּֽׁא׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was then from the.sound of the.words (the) great which the horn \[was\].speaking seeing I.was until that it.was.killed the beast and it.was.destroyed body its and it.was.given to.\[the\] burning of.fire

*JPS 1917:* I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5dc/): 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).