Aramaic word · H1701

דִּבְרָה

divrat

cause

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

cause, reason

Aramaic of div.rah (דִּבְרָה "cause" H1700)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 2:30 דִּבְרַת֙ [the] cause

    And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.

  2. Daniel 4:17 דִּבְרַ֡ת [the] cause

    This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’

    Here: Part of the set phrase 'ad dibrat di, 'for the purpose that'. It tells us why the sentence exists.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.