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# קְשֹׁט

Biblical Aramaic

**truth** — 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

truth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d8/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קְשֹׁט: truth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d8/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] truth (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH קֹשְׁטְ (once, Aramaism));—abs. Dn 4:34; מִן־ק׳ 2:47 of a truth.

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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:47](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.47/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.47/#tree)

עָנֵה֩ מַלְכָּ֨א לְדָנִיֵּ֜אל וְאָמַ֗ר מִן־קְשֹׁט֙ דִּ֣י אֱלָהֲכ֗וֹן ה֣וּא אֱלָ֧הּ אֱלָהִ֛ין וּמָרֵ֥א מַלְכִ֖ין וְגָלֵ֣ה רָזִ֑ין דִּ֣י יְכֵ֔לְתָּ לְמִגְלֵ֖א רָזָ֥ה דְנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king to Daniel and.\[was\] saying from truth (diy).that God your he \[is.the\].God of.gods and.\[the\] lord of.kings and \[one.who\].reveals secrets that you.have.been.able to reveal the secret this

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke unto Daniel, and said: 'Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou hast been able to reveal this secret.'

[Daniel 4:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.34/#tree)

כְּעַ֞ן אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר מְשַׁבַּ֨ח וּמְרוֹמֵ֤ם וּמְהַדַּר֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ שְׁמַיָּ֔א דִּ֤י כָל־מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ קְשֹׁ֔ט וְאֹרְחָתֵ֖הּ דִּ֑ין וְדִי֙ מַהְלְכִ֣ין בְּגֵוָ֔ה יָכִ֖ל לְהַשְׁפָּלָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* now I Nebuchadnezzar \[am\].praising and.\[am\] lifting.up and.\[am\] glorifying (et).the king of the.heavens that all deeds his \[are\].truth and ways his \[are\].justice and.\[those\] who \[are\].walking in pride \[he.is\].able to bring.low

*JPS 1917:* Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven; for all His works are truth, and His ways justice; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d8.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b0_5e9_5b9_5c1_5d8/): 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).