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עַתָּ֫ה435 (also Ezek 23:43; Ps 74:6 עת Kt, Qr עַתָּה), עָ֑֫תָּה Gen 32:5 +, adverb of time, now (properly accusative of [`int],עֵת (Köii. 260), at the time, in particular of the present time, i.e. now; compare German zur Zeit, Arabic at the time, i.e. now); — now: 1. a. Gen 12:19 ועתה הנה אשׁתך and
now, behold thy wife,
Gen 22:12 כי עתח ידעתי now, I know (so
Exod 18:11;
Judg 17:13;
1Kgs 17:24 [
עַתָּה זֶה],
Ps 20:7),
Gen 26:22;
Gen 26:29;
Gen 27:36;
Gen 31:13;
Gen 31:28, etc.,
Exod 5:5 הך רבים עתה עם הארץ; whether in opposed to past time, as
Gen 32:11;
Josh 14:11 כְּכֹחִי אָז וּכְכֹחִי עָ֑תָּה,
Judg 11:8;
1Kgs 12:4;
Isa 1:21 ועתה מרצחים,
Isa 16:14;
Hos 2:9 כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מַעָ֑תָּה,
Hos 13:2,
Job 30:1 +, or to future, as
Num 24:17 אֶרְאֶנּוּ ולא עתה,
Judg 8:6 חֲכַף עַתָּהכְּֿיָדֶ֑ךָ ׳זֶבַח וצ,
1Sam 2:16 כִּי עַתָּה תִּתֵּן; =
after all Num 22:38;
Judg 8:2 =
now at last 2Sam 24:16;
1Kgs 19:4;
2Kgs 19:25;
Hos 7:2;
Jer 4:12 and in the phrase
מעתה ועד עולם Isa 9:6;
Isa 59:21;
(see below),
Ps 113:2;
Ps 115:18;
Ps 121:8;
Ps 125:2;
Ps 131:3.
b. of the imminent or impending future:
Gen 19:9 עַתָּה נָרַע לְךָ מַהֶם.
Gen 29:32 כי עתה יאהבני אישׁי, v
Gen 29:34;
Exod 6:1 עתה תראה,
Num 11:23;
Num 22:4;
2Sam 20:6;
Isa 33:10 (
Ps 12:6),
Isa 43:19;
Isa 49:19;
Amos 6:7 לכן עתה יִגְלוּ,
Isa 49:19;
Mic 7:4;
Mic 7:10;
Dan 10:20 and especially
ἀσυνδέτως in Hosea, introducing a punishment,
Hos 4:16 ׳וגו ׳עתה יִרְעֵם י Hos 5:7;
Hos 8:8;
Hos 8:13 (
Jer 14:10),
Jer 10:2.
c. of a time
ideally present (=
then, from our point of view):
Isa 29:22 לא עתה יבושׁ יעקב, v
b Hos 10:3;
Mic 4:9;
Mic 4:10;
Mic 4:11;
Mic 4:14;
Mic 5:3.
d. describing a present state =
as things are: 1Sam 8:5 thou art old, etc.,
עתה שִׂימָה לנו מלך,
1Sam 9:6;
1Sam 13:12;
1Sam 14:30;
1Sam 25:7b;
1Sam 27:1 now I shall be swept away one day, etc.,
2Kgs 18:20;
2Kgs 18:25;
Job 6:21;
Job 14:16;
Job 16:7.
e. with an Imperative, as an encouragement, implying that the time has come for the exhortation or advice to be followed,
Gen 31:13 עתה קים צא,
Exod 18:19 עתה שְׁמַע בקולי,
Num 22:11;
Deut 2:13;
1Sam 30:8.
2. Phrases:
a. עַתָּה זֶה (
זְה 4 h)
1Kgs 17:24;
2Kgs 5:22.
b. ועתה and,
now, or
now, therefore (
וְ 4),
drawing a conclusion, especially (compare 1 e) a practical one, from what has been stated: Gen 3:22 and now (since man has once been disobedient), lest he put forth his hand, etc., Gen 20:7; Gen 20:23 וְעַתָּה הִשָּֽׁבְעָה לִי הֵ֫נָּה, Gen 27:3; Gen 27:8 ועתה בני שְׁמַע בקולי, Gen 30:30; Gen 31:16; Gen 31:44; Gen 37:20 + often, Isa 5:3; Isa 5:5; Ps 2:10; Gen 11:6 ׳ועתה לאֹיִֿבָּצֵר מֵהֶם וגו, Gen 31:30; Gen 45:8; 2Sam 19:11; Ps 39:8 ועתה מַהקִּֿזִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי, Isa 52:5,
c. וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה stating the ground on which some conclusion or action is to be based, Exod 3:9; Josh 14:10 (twice in verse); 1Sam 12:2; 1Sam 24:21; 1Kgs 1:18; Jer 40:4 (with ועתה usually repeated afer the הנה-clause).
d. גם עתה Gen 44:10; 1Sam 12:16; 1Kgs 14:14; Joel 2:12; Job 16:19.
e. מֵעַתָּה from now, henceforth, Jer 3:4; Isa 48:6; Dan 10:17 (according to some, here = from just now), 2Chr 16:9 מעתה ועד עוּלּסּ, see above 1 a end. feminine עַדעַֿתָּה until now, Gen 32:5, ׳וֶאֵחַר עדעֿ, Deut 12:9 ׳אל הנחלה לא באתם עד ע (opposed to the future), 2Kgs 13:23 especially after clause with מִן, 2Kgs 46:34 ׳מִנְּעוּרֵינוּ וְעַדעֿ (2Sam 19:8; Ezek 4:14), Exod 9:18; 2Kgs 8:6; Ruth 2:7.
g. כִּי עַתָּה for in this case, in our idiom, for them (עתה pointing to a condition assumed as a possible contingency: compare Dr§ 141, 142); (a) Exod 9:15 כי עתה ׳שׁלחתי וגו for then (if the intention expressed in vExod 9:14 had not existed) I should have put forth my hand, etc., Num 22:29 כי עתה הֲרַגְתִּיךְ, 1Sam 13:13; Job 3:13 followed by imperfect Job 6:3 for then (if it were weighed, vJob 6:2) it would be heavier, etc., Job 13:19 for then would I be silent and die; (b) after a protasis, surely then Gen 31:42 + (see כִּי 1 d b, p. 472). — Note. Read כְּמוֺ עַתָּ) (ᵐ5 ᵑ9) as now, for כְּמוֺ עֵת Ezek 16:57, עַתָּ נִשְׁבַּרְתְּ (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9) now art thou broken ! for עֵת נִשְׁבֶּרֶת Ezek 27:34, and probably עַתָּ בָּא (Hi We Kö Now, compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6) for עֶתבּֿאֹ Hag 1:2 also עַתָּה for אַתָּה 1Kgs 1:20, and אַתָּה for עַתָּה v1Kgs 1:18b 2Sam 18:3.
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ד
דָּא demonstrative pronoun feminine this (= Biblical Hebrew זֹה: Zinjirli Têma, Cappadocian, Egyptian Aramaic זא, Nabataean דא, Palmyrene דה (Lzb264: Eph. i. 323 Cooke26), ᵑ7 דא: see further below Biblical Hebrew זֶה. The corresponding masculine is דְּנָה); — this, Dan 4:27 הֲלָא דָיא בַּבֶל רַבְּתָא, Dan 5:6 דָּא לְדָא נָ֧קְשָׁן one striking against another, similarly Dan 7:3 (compare זֶה 1 b), vDan 7:8 בְקַרְנָאדָֿא.
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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.