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BDB9439 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9441
דִּי particle of relation, who, which, that, used also as mark of genitive and conjunction that, because (Aramaic of Nineveh, Babylonian, Zinjirli, Nerab, Cilicia, Têma, Egypt, ןי (Lzb267. 446 RES361 S-CPap. A 2 +); Nabataean, Palmyrene די; ᵑ7 דְּ (except in compounds, as דִּילִי mine, דִּילֵיהּ his); Samaritan ; Syriac ; Ethiopic za: of same origin as Arabic possessor of [compare below Biblical Hebrew זֶה]. Properly a demonstrative that [compare זֶה; in Ethiopic ze is 'this', za 'which']; but this being referred by usage to something preceding becomes equivalent to the relative who, which, used, however, more widely than Hebrew אֲשֶׁר); — 1. as
rel. who, which (construed like
אֲשֶׁר): a.
Jer 10:11;
Dan 2:11 דִּי מְדָֽרְהוֺן whose dwelling, v
Dan 2:24 דִּי מַנִּי מַלְבָּא whom the king had appointed, v
Dan 2:26 ׳דִּי שְׁמֵהּ בּ whose name was B.,
Dan 4:5;
Dan 5:12;
Dan 5:23, etc.; =
that which Dan 2:23 =
him that Ezra 7:25;
Ezra 6:15;
Dan 7:17 דִּת אִנוּן אַרְבַּע which are four (see
אִנּוּן). Following pronoun of 2 person (compare
אֲשֶׁר 3),
Dan 2:37 thou, O king ...,
דִּי ֗֗֗ יְהַב לָח to whom... hath given,
Dan 4:19;
Dan 4:6 as to whom I know, etc. (compare
אֲשֶׁר 4 d end). Sq.
תַּמָּה =
where Ezra 6:1, so
דִּי alone
Ezra 6:3;
Dan 2:38 of time,
בְּעִדָּנָא דִּי at the time
when, etc.,
Dan 3:5;
Dan 3:15. With the predicate an infinitive with
לְ,
Dan 6:9 כְּתָבָא דִּי לָא לְהַשְׁנָיָה which is not to be changed,
Ezra 6:8 a place- or other determination,
Dan 3:20 valiant men
בְחֵילֵהּ that were in his army,
Dan 5:2 הֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֵב,
Dan 7:20;
Ezra 4:24;
Ezra 5:6;
Ezra 6:2;
Ezra 6:6 compare
Dan 2:25;
Dan 5:13;
Dan 7:7;
Ezra 7:23.
דִּי לָא =
without,
Ezra 6:9;
Ezra 7:22 (so
דְּלָא ᵑ7 Gen 15:2;
Exod 21:11); compare
Dan 2:34;
Dan 2:45.
b. מָן דִּי,
מָה דִּי (compare in late Hebrew
׳מַהשֶּֿׁ,
מַה 1 e b)
whoever, whatever, so
Dan 3:6;
Dan 3:11 יִפֵּל ָ(מןדִּֿילָֿא whoever does not fall down,
Dan 4:14 לְמָן דִּי יִצְבֵּא to
whomsoever he willeth, v.
Dan 4:22 v.
Dan 4:29;
Dan 5:21 מָה דִי whatever (or simply
what),
Dan 2:28 מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא what will be, v
Dan 2:29 v
Dan 2:29 v
Dan 2:45;
Ezra 6:8;
Ezra 7:18. — compare
K§ 103. 2. as
mark of the genitive,
Dan 2:15 שׁליטא די מלכא properly the captain,
that of the king =
the king's captain (a genuine Aramaic idiom: so
ᵑ7 דְּ, Syriac
constantly), v
Dan 2:19 v
Dan 2:25 v
Dan 2:49 + often: the substantive in such cases may be either in the emphatic state (determined), as ll. cc.
Ezra 4:15;
Ezra 5:2, etc., or in the absolute state (undetermined),
Dan 5:5;
Dan 7:4;
Dan 7:9;
Dan 7:10 נְהַר דִּי נוּר; or it may have a pleonastic suffix,
Dan 2:20 שְׁמֵהּ דִּי אֱלָהָא literally his name,
that of God =
God's name, v
Dan 2:44;
Dan 3:8;
Dan 3:25;
Dan 3:26;
Dan 4:23, etc. (so also
ᵑ7 Syriac). To circumscribe an adjective, especially in specification of the
material: Dan 2:38 thou art
רֵאשָׁה דִּי דַהֲבָא the head of gold, v
Dan 2:39;
Dan 3:1;
Dan 5:7;
Dan 5:16;
Ezra 5:14;
Ezra 6:4 +; as predicate
Dan 2:32 רֵאשֵׁהּ דִּידְֿהַב טָב his head (was)
of fine gold, v
Dan 2:33;
Dan 7:19 with a pronoun
Dan 2:20 wisdom and might
דִּילֵֿהּ הִיא are
his; compare
Dan 6:27 וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ דִּילָֿא תִתְחַבַּל his kingdom (is one) which shall not be destroyed,
Dan 7:14. — See further
K§ 81. 3. as
conjunction (compare
אֲשֶׁר 8):
a. that (quod), after verbs of knowing,
Dan 2:8;
Dan 2:9, seeing
Dan 2:45;
Dan 3:27, hearing
Dan 5:14, etc.; introducing the subject of a sentence,
יְדִיעַ ֗֗֗ דִּי ֗֗֗ Dan 3:18;
Ezra 4:13;
Dan 2:47 מִןקְֿשֹׁט דִּי ֗֗֗ True is it
that . . . (compare
אָמְנָם כִּי Job 12:2).
b. =
in that, inasmuch as, whereas: Dan 2:41 and
whereas (
דִּי) thou sawest, etc. . . . it shall be adivided kingdom, v
Dan 2:43;
Dan 4:20;
Dan 4:23 as a connecting link$ =
seeing that, because, for (compare
אֲשֶׁר 8 c)
Dan 2:9;
Dan 2:20b;
Dan 2:23b;
Dan 2:47b;
Dan 4:15;
Dan 6:24b.
c. that (ut), after verbs of asking
Dan 2:16, commanding
Dan 3:10;
Dan 3:29, expressing a purpose
Dan 4:3;
Dan 5:15;
Ezra 4:15;
Ezra 6:10 +;
דִּי לָא that not (ne) Dan 2:18;
Dan 3:28;
Dan 6:18 (on
דִּי לְמָה lest Ezra 7:23, see
מה).
d. prefixed to direct narr. (like
כִּי 1 b, and sometimes
אֲשֶׁר 8 a γ, and
ὅτι recitativum),
Dan 2:25 and said thus unto him
דִּיהַֿשְׁכַּחַת (that) I have found, etc.,
Dan 5:7;
Dan 6:6;
Dan 6:14.
4. with prepositions and other prefixes:
a. כְּ דִי (like Hebrew
כַּאֲשֶׁר; so Egyptian Aramaic
כזי, Palmyrene, Nabataean
כדי,
Lzb293 SACG1 62, 63 Cooke369 b RES:361;
ᵑ7 כַּד, Syriac
);
a according as,
Dan 2:43 b. so soon as, when,
Dan 3:7;
Dan 5:20;
Dan 6:11;
Dan 6:15.
b. מִןדִּֿי:
a. because that,
Dan 3:22;
Ezra 5:12 (compare
מֵאֲשֶׁר Isa 43:4);
b. from (the time)
that, after (ex quo),
Dan 4:23;
Ezra 4:23.
c. עַד דִּי until,
Dan 2:9;
Dan 2:34;
Dan 4:30;
Dan 7:22 =
ere that Dan 6:25.
d. עַל דִּי Dan 3:19 is not a conjunction, but means
above that which ... e. for
עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי and
כָּלקֳֿבֵל דִּי see [
דִּבְרָה] and
קֳבֵל.
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כ
כְּ particle like, as, about (Biblical Hebrew כְּ, q. v.); — like, as Dan 2:40 תַּקִּיפָא כְּפַרְוְלָא, Dan 4:5; Dan 4:32; Dan 5:1 +; according to Dan 4:32 וּכְּ מִצְבְּיֵהּ עָכֵד and according to his will he doeth, Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:18 +; about (as Biblical Hebrew 1 a: compare Zinjirli Lzb444 [ן] כשלשן מלכ), Dan 4:16 כְּשָׁעָה חֲדָה, Dan 6:1 with infinitive (Biblical Hebrew 3 b), Dan 6:21 וּכְ מִקְרְנֵהּ לִגֻבָּא and as he drew near, etc. Cpds.: — כְּ דִי and כִּדְנָה, see דִּי and דָּאנה; כַּחֲדָה; together, see חַד (sub אחד).