Aramaic word · H3673

כְּנַשׁ

lemikhnash

to gather

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

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to gather

1a) (P'al) to gather

1b) (Ithpael) gathered (participle)

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 · 3

  1. Daniel 3:2 לְמִכְנַ֣שׁ׀ to gather

    Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

  2. Daniel 3:3 מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁ֡ין [were] gathered

    So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the rulers of the provinces assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

  3. Daniel 3:27 וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין and [were] gathered

    and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

    Here: A participle meaning "gathering themselves together". It shows the officials still crowding in as the men walk out. The same verb gathered these officials for the dedication of the gold image in 3:2–3, and now it gathers them to inspect the men who refused to bow to it.

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