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# שְׂבִיב

Biblical Aramaic

**flame** — 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

flame [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d1/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁבִיב: flame [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d1/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] flame;—emph. שְׁבִיבָא דִּי נוּרָא Dn 3:22; pl. abs. שְׁבִבִין דִּי נוּר 7:9.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 7:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.9/#tree)

חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֗ית עַ֣ד דִּ֤י כָרְסָוָן֙ רְמִ֔יו וְעַתִּ֥יק יוֹמִ֖ין יְתִ֑ב לְבוּשֵׁ֣הּ ׀ כִּתְלַ֣ג חִוָּ֗ר וּשְׂעַ֤ר רֵאשֵׁהּ֙ כַּעֲמַ֣ר נְקֵ֔א כָּרְסְיֵהּ֙ שְׁבִיבִ֣ין דִּי־נ֔וּר גַּלְגִּלּ֖וֹהִי נ֥וּר דָּלִֽק׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was until that thrones they.were.placed and.\[one\] ancient of.days he.sat clothing his like snow \[was\].white and the.hair of his.head like wool \[was\].pure throne his \[was\].flames (diy).of fire wheels its \[were\].fire burning

*JPS 1917:* I beheld till thrones were placed, and one that was ancient of days did sit: his raiment was as white snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, and the wheels thereof burning fire.

[Daniel 3:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.22/#tree)

כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֗ה מִן־דִּ֞י מִלַּ֤ת מַלְכָּא֙ מַחְצְפָ֔ה וְאַתּוּנָ֖א אֵזֵ֣ה יַתִּ֑ירָא גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ דִּ֤י הַסִּ֙קוּ֙ לְשַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ קַטִּ֣ל הִמּ֔וֹן שְׁבִיבָ֖א דִּ֥י נוּרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* as to because this from that the.word of the.king \[was\].harsh and the furnace \[was\].heated exceedingly the men these who they.took.up (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego it.killed them the flame (diy).of the fire

*JPS 1917:* Therefore because the king's commandment was peremptory, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d1.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d1/): 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).