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# תְּרַע

Biblical Aramaic

**gate** — 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

gate [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּרַע: gate, door [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] gate, door (𝔗 Syriac; BH שַׁ֫עַר, √ I. שׁער);—cstr. ת׳: door of furnace Dn 3:26. gate of king, i.e. palace, court, Dn 2:49 (cf. Est 2:19, v. שַׁ֫עַר 3 a; also Arabic بَابٌ gate, then الباب the court of a sovereign; pl. الابواب Sublime Porte, of Turkish court, v. especially Dozy i. 124).

### Jastrow 1903

תְּרַע: opening door, gate market, market price [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** c. (preced.) \[opening,\] door, gate (corresp. to h. פֶּתח, a. שַׁעַר). Targ. Ex. XXXII, 27. Targ. Deut. XXII, 21; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 58 ת׳ פתיחא if she finds the door open; ת׳ משקיף if she finds it shut. Num. R. s. 913, v. אָסֵי; a. fr.—\[Yalk. Mic. 551, v. תַּרְעָיָיא.\]—Pl. תַּרְעִין, תַּרְעַיָּא, תַּרְעַיָּיה, תַּרְעֵי. Targ. Y. Deut. III, 5. Targ. Is. XXVI, 2. Targ. Prov. XXXI, 31; a. fr.—Y. Shek. V, end, 49ᵇ ר׳ אבון עבד אילין ת׳ וכ׳ R. A. was building those gates of the Great College; a. fr. = h. שַׁעַר market, market price. B. Bath. 90ᵇ, v. חֲרָפָא. B. Mets. 74ᵇ בחד ת׳ when prices remain unchanged; a. e.—Pl. as ab. Ib. בתרי ת׳ when there are two prices (prices have changed); a. e.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:49](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.49/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.49/#tree)

וְדָנִיֵּאל֙ בְּעָ֣א מִן־מַלְכָּ֔א וּמַנִּ֗י עַ֤ל עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ דִּ֚י מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ וְדָנִיֵּ֖אל בִּתְרַ֥ע מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* and Daniel he.asked from the king and he.appointed over the administration (diy).of the.province of.Babylon (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and Daniel \[was\].in the.gate the king

*JPS 1917:* And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

[Daniel 3:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.26/#tree)

בֵּאדַ֜יִן קְרֵ֣ב נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר לִתְרַע֮ אַתּ֣וּן נוּרָ֣א יָקִֽדְתָּא֒ עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר שַׁדְרַ֨ךְ מֵישַׁ֧ךְ וַעֲבֵד־נְג֛וֹעֲבֵד־נְג֛וֹ עַבְד֛וֹהִי דִּֽי־אֱלָהָ֥א עִלָּאָ֖ה פֻּ֣קוּ וֶאֱת֑וֹ בֵּאדַ֣יִן נָֽפְקִ֗ין שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ מִן־גּ֥וֹא נוּרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* then he.approached Nebuchadnezzar to the.door of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying O.Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego servants his (diy).of (the) God (the).Most High come.out! and come! then \[were\].coming.out Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego from the.midst of the.fire

*JPS 1917:* Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace; he spoke and said: 'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of God Most High, come forth, and come hither.' Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth out of the midst of the fire.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 83 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 75 times there, in the forms לִתְרַע (32); בִּתְרַע (25); דִתְרַע (9); תְּרַע (9).

[Leviticus 8:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.8.3/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְיָת כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא כְּנֵשׁ לִתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא

וְאֵ֥ת כָּל־הָעֵדָ֖ה הַקְהֵ֑ל אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all the congregation assemble to the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'

[Exodus 29:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.29.11/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְתִכּוֹס יָת תּוֹרָא קֳדָם יְיָ בִּתְרַע מַשְׁכַּן זִמְנָא:

וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַפָּ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.slaughter (et) the.young bull before Yahweh the.entrance of.the.tent of.meeting

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, at the door of the tent of meeting.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5e8_5b7_5e2.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_5e8_5b7_5e2/): 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).

