Aramaic word · H8648

תְּרֵין

terei-

two

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

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) two

1a) two (as cardinal number)

1b) second (as ordinal number)

1c) two (in combination with other numbers)

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

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 4:24 תַּרְתֵּ֔ין two

    Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

    Here: 'Two'. It is in the feminine form to match 'year'. 'Year two' is the same date given in Haggai 1:1 and Zechariah 1:1.

  2. Ezra 6:17 תְּרֵֽי־ two [plus]

    For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 4:29 תְּרֵֽי־ two [plus]

    Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

    Here: "Two", in the form used when joined to the next word. Together with "ten" it makes "twelve".

  2. Daniel 5:31 וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃ and two

    and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.

    Here: 'And two.' It takes the feminine form to match 'years.' Together the age is sixty-two, an older man coming to the throne.

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