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# תְּמַהּ

Biblical Aramaic

**wonder** — used 3 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

wonder [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּמַהּ: n.m. wonder [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. wonder, as wrought by God (𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH \[תָּמַהּ\]);—pl. abs. תִּמְהִין Dn 6:28; emph. תִּמְהַיָּא 3:32, pl. sf. תִּמְה֫וֹהִי v 33.

### Jastrow 1903

תְּמַהּ: to wonder to be astonishing Ithpe. to express astonishment, query [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , l) to wonder &c. Targ. Gen. XLIII, 33. Targ. Y. ib. XVII, 17 (h. text ויצחק). Targ. Y. I ib. XVIII, 12 (II חייכ׳). Targ. Y. ib. 15. Targ. Ez. XXXII, 10; a. e.—Part. תְּמִיהַּ; f. תְּמִיהָא. Targ. II Esth. I, 2 ת׳ ומַתְמְהָא.—V. אֶתְמְהָא.—2) to be astonishing. Gen. R. s. 94 אמר לי … והיא תַמְהָא the elder of the Jews told me something, and that is astonishing; \[perh. to be read תִּמְהָא, v. תֵּימַהּ\]. same. Targ. II Esth. l. c. Ib. מַתְמְהִין (some ed. מִתַּמְהִין, Ithpe.); a. e. to express astonishment, query. Zeb. 113ᵃ אַתְמוּהֵי מַתְמַהּ קרא the text (Ez. XXII, 24) expresses a query: thou, land of Israel! art thou not cleansed &c.?

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: wonders (2); the (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 3:32](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.32/#tree)

אָֽתַיָּא֙ וְתִמְהַיָּ֔א דִּ֚י עֲבַ֣ד עִמִּ֔י אֱלָהָ֖א עִלָּאָ֑ה שְׁפַ֥ר קָֽדָמַ֖י לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the signs and the wonders which he.has.done with me (the) God (the).Most High it.seemed.good before me to declare

*JPS 1917:* It hath seemed good unto me to declare the signs and wonders that God Most High hath wrought toward me.

[Daniel 3:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.33/#tree)

אָת֙וֹהִי֙ כְּמָ֣ה רַבְרְבִ֔ין וְתִמְה֖וֹהִי כְּמָ֣ה תַקִּיפִ֑ין מַלְכוּתֵהּ֙ מַלְכ֣וּת עָלַ֔ם וְשָׁלְטָנֵ֖הּ עִם־דָּ֥ר וְדָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].his signs how! great and.\[are\] wonders his how! strong kingdom his \[is\].a.kingdom of.perpetuity and dominion his \[is\].with generation and generation

*JPS 1917:* How great are His signs! and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5d4_5bc/): 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).