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# תְּקָף

Biblical Aramaic

**might** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

might [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b8_5e3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּקָף: might [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b8_5e3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] might;—cstr. בִּת׳ חִסְנִי Dn 4:27, of king.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 4:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.27/#tree)

עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֔ר הֲלָ֥א דָא־הִ֖יא בָּבֶ֣ל רַבְּתָ֑א דִּֽי־אֲנָ֤ה בֱנַיְתַהּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית מַלְכ֔וּ בִּתְקַ֥ף חִסְנִ֖י וְלִיקָ֥ר הַדְרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].replying the king and.\[was\] saying not? \[is\].this it Babylon (the) great which I I built.it to a.house of.a.kingdom by the.strength of my.power and for the.honor of my.majesty

*JPS 1917:* The king spoke, and said: 'Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e7_5b8_5e3.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_5e7_5b8_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).