דִּי

H1768. di
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; דְּ ᵑ7 (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 מְדָֽרְהוֺן דִּי whose dwelling, Dan 2:24 מַלְבָּא מַנִּי דִּי whom the king had appointed, Dan 2:26 בּ שְׁמֵהּ ׳דִּי whose name was B., Dan 4:5; Dan 5:12, Dan 5:23, etc.; = that which Dan 2:23; = him that Ezr 7:25; Ezr 6:15; Dan 7:17 אַרְבַּע אִנוּן דִּת which are four (see אִנּוּן). Following pronoun of 2 person (compare אֲשֶׁר 3), Dan 2:37 thou, O king ..., לָח יְהַב ֗֗֗ דִּי to whom... hath given, Dan 4:19; Dan 4:6 as to whom I know, etc. (compare אֲשֶׁר 4d end). Sq. תַּמָּה = where Ezr 6:1, so דִּי alone Ezr 6:3; Dan 2:38; of time, דִּי בְּעִדָּנָא at the time when, etc., Dan 3:5, Dan 3:15. With the predicate an infinitive with לְ, Dan 6:9 לְהַשְׁנָיָה לָא דִּי כְּתָבָא which is not to be changed, Ezr 6:8; a place- or other determination, Dan 3:20 valiant men בְחֵילֵהּ that were in his army, Dan 5:2 בִירוּשְׁלֵב דִּי הֵיכְלָא, Dan 7:20; Ezr 4:24; Ezr 5:6; Ezr 6:2, Ezr 6:6; compare Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13; Dan 7:7; Ezr 7:23. לָא דִּי = without, Ezr 6:9; Ezr 7:22 (so ᵑ7 דְּלָא Gen 15:2; Exo 21:11); compare Dan 2:34, Dan 2:45. b. דִּי מָה דִּי, מָן (compare in late Hebrew מַה ׳מַהשֶּֿׁ, 1e b) whoever, whatever, so Dan 3:6, Dan 3:11 ָ(מןדִּֿילָֿא יִמֵּל whoever does not fall down, Dan 4:14 יִצְבֵּא דִּי לְמָן to whomsoever he willeth, Dan 4:22; Dan 4:29; Dan 5:21; דִי מָה whatever (or simply what), Dan 2:28 לֶהֱוֵא דִּי מָה what will be, Dan 2:29; Dan 2:29; Dan 2:45; Ezr 6:8; Ezr 7:18. — compare K§ 103. 2 as
mark of the Genitive, Dan 2:15 מלכא די שׁליטא properly the captain, that of the king = the king's captain (a Genuine Aramaic idiom: so דְּ ᵑ7, Syriac constantly), Dan 2:19; Dan 2:25; Dan 2:49 +? Ezr 4:15; Ezr 5:2, etc., or in the absolute state (undetermined), Dan 5:5; Dan 7:4, Dan 7:9, Dan 7:10 נוּר דִּי נְהַר; or it may have a pleonastic suffix, Dan 2:20 אֱלָהָא דִּי שְׁמֵהּ literally his name, that of God = God's name, 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 דַהֲבָא דִּי רֵאשָׁה the head of gold, Dan 2:39; Dan 3:1; Dan 5:7, Dan 5:16; Ezr 5:14; Ezr 6:4 +; as predicate Dan 2:32 טָב דִּידְֿהַב רֵאשֵׁהּ his head (was) of fine gold, Dan 2:33; Dan 7:19; with a pronoun Dan 2:20 wisdom and might הִיא דִּילֵֿהּ are his; compare Dan 6:27 תִתְחַבַּל דִּילָֿא וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ 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 2:8-9, seeing Dan 2:45; Dan 3:27, hearing Dan 5:14, etc.; introducing the subject of a sentence, ֗֗֗ דִּי ֗֗֗ יְדִיעַ Dan 3:18; Ezr 4:13; Dan 2:47 ֗֗֗ דִּי מִןקְֿשֹׁט True is it that . . . (compare כִּי אָמְנָם Job 12:2).
b. = in that, inasmuch as, whereas: Dan 2:41 and whereas (דִּי) thou sawest, etc. . . . it shall be adivided kingdom, Dan 2:43; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:23; as a connecting link$ = seeing that, because, for (compare אֲשֶׁר 8c) 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; Ezr 4:15; Ezr 6:10 +; לָא דִּי that not (ne) Dan 2:18; Dan 3:28; Dan 6:18 (on לְמָה דִּי lest Ezr 7:23, see מה).
d. prefixed to direct narr. (like כִּי 1b, and sometimes אֲשֶׁר 8a 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. דִי כְּ (like Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר; so Egyptian Aramaic כזי, Palmyrene, Nabataean כדי, Lzb293 SACG1 62, 63 Cooke369b RES:361; כַּד ᵑ7, 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; Ezr 5:12 (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר Isa 43:4); b. from (the time) that, after (ex quo), Dan 4:23; Ezr 4:23.
c. דִּי עַד until, Dan 2:9, Dan 2:34; Dan 4:30; Dan 7:22; = ere that Dan 6:25.
d. דִּי עַל Dan 3:19 is not a conjunction, but means above that which ...
e. for דִּי דִּבְרַת עַל and דִּי כָּלקֳֿבֵל see [ דִּבְרָה] and קֳבֵל.
כְּ particle like, as, about (Biblical Hebrew כְּ, q. v.); — like, as Dan 2:40 כְּפַרְוְלָא תַּקִּיפָא, Dan 4:5; Dan 4:32; Dan 5:1 +; according to Dan 4:32 עָכֵד מִצְבְּיֵהּ וּכְּ and according to his will he doeth, Ezr 6:9, Ezr 6:18 +; about (as Biblical Hebrew 1a: compare Zinjirli Lzb444 [ן] מלכ כשלשן), Dan 4:16 חֲדָה כְּשָׁעָה, Dan 6:1; with infinitive (Biblical Hebrew 3b), Dan 6:21 לִגֻבָּא מִקְרְנֵהּ וּכְ and as he drew near, etc. Cpds.: — דִי כְּ and כִּדְנָה, see דִּי and דָּאנה; כַּחֲדָה; together, see חַד (sub אחד).