Aramaic word · H1761

דַּחֲוָה

vedachavan

diversion

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

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

diversions, musical instruments?, dancing girls, concubines, music

Aramaic of da.chah (דָּחָה "to thrust" H1760A)

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

Similar words

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 6:18 וְדַחֲוָ֖ן and thrusting [women]

    Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

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