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# תַּקִּיף

Biblical Aramaic

**strong** — used 5 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

strong [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תַּקִּיף²: adj. strong, mighty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. strong, mighty;—fs. abs. תַּקִּיפָה, of kingdom, Dn 2:40 (like iron), v 42; א—ָ 7:7, of beast; mpl. abs. תַּקִּיפִין, of kings Ezr 4:20, God’s wonders Dn 3:33.

### Jastrow 1903

תַּקִּיף ²: strong, mighty; protector; hard, stern, severe Fem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e3/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** , strong, mighty; protector; hard, stern, severe. Targ. Deut. I, 28 (h. text רם). Ib. XXXII, 15 (h. text צור). Targ. Ps. XXVIII, 1. Ib. XXXVII, 35 (h. text עריץ). Targ. Is. XIX, 4 (h. text עז). Targ. O. Deut. XXVIII, 50 ת׳ אפין (h. text עז פנים); a. fr.—B. Mets. 64ᵃ ואי איניש ת׳ הוא וכ׳ and if it is a hard-hearted man that is not likely to give presents; a. e.—Pl. תַּקִּיפִין, תַּקִּיפַיָּא, הַּקִּיפֵי. Targ. Ex. I, 9 (Y. ed. Vien. תַּקְפִין). Targ. Is. XIII, 11. Ib. X, 33 (h. text גבהים). Targ. Ez. III, 6 (h. text עמקי; ib. 5 עמקי, עמיקי). Ib. 7; a. fr.—Snh. 11ᵃ sq. מאי בי‌‌ן תקיפי Ms. F. (ed. תַּקִּיפָאֵי), v. עִנְוְתָנָא; Meg. 28ᵇ; Taan. 23ᵇ; a. e.—Fem. תַּקִּיפָא, תַּקִּיפְתָּא. Targ. Ex. XIII, 9. Targ. Is. XXIII, 7 (ed. Wil. תַּקִּיפְ׳; h. text עליזה). Ib. XLVII, 7. Targ. Cant. VIII, 6; a. e.—Keth. 62ᵃ; a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: strong (5).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.20/#tree)

וּמַלְכִ֣ין תַּקִּיפִ֗ין הֲווֹ֙ עַל־יְר֣וּשְׁלֶ֔ם וְשַׁ֨לִּיטִ֔ין בְּכֹ֖ל עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה וּמִדָּ֥ה בְל֛וֹ וַהֲלָ֖ךְ מִתְיְהֵ֥ב לְהֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and kings strong they.were over Jerusalem and having.mastery over all the.region.beyond the river and tribute tax and toll \[was\].being.paid to them

*JPS 1917:* There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them.

[Daniel 2:42](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.42/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.42/#tree)

וְאֶצְבְּעָת֙ רַגְלַיָּ֔א מִנְּהֵ֥ין פַּרְזֶ֖ל וּמִנְּהֵ֣ין חֲסַ֑ף מִן־קְצָ֤ת מַלְכוּתָא֙ תֶּהֱוֵ֣ה תַקִּיפָ֔ה וּמִנַּ֖הּ תֶּהֱוֵ֥ה תְבִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and the.toes of the.feet some of.them \[were\].iron and some of.them \[were\].clay some.of the.part of the.kingdom it.will.be strong and some of.it it.will.be breakable

*JPS 1917:* And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part thereof broken.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 133 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 47 times there, in the forms תַּקִיף (17); וְתַקִיף (8); תַּקִּיף (7); תַקִיף (7); תַקִּיף (4).

[Genesis 43:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.43.1/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְכַפְנָא תַּקִּיף בְּאַרְעָא

וְהָרָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and the famine \[was\].heavy in the land

*JPS 1917:* And the famine was sore in the land.

[Genesis 13:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.2/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְאַבְרָם תַּקִּיף לַחֲדָא בִּבְעִירָא בְּכַסְפָּא וּבְדַהֲבָא

וְאַבְרָ֖ם כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד בַּמִּקְנֶ֕ה בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּבַזָּהָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and Abram \[was\].wealthy very in (the) livestock in (the) silver and in (the) gold

*JPS 1917:* And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e3.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b7_5bc_5e7_5b4_5bc_5d9_5e3/): 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).

