פְּשַׁר
pᵉshar · H6590 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to interpret
Action by which humans explain the meaning of a saying, dream, or vision
ExamplesDaniel 5:12 “This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation.”
Daniel 5:16 “But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- פְּשַׁרinterpretation 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֵלֶםdream 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- ἑρμηνεύω hermēneúō · G2059 · to translate, to interpret
- Greek verb meaning 'to interpret, explain' – the standard NT translation equivalent for the Aramaic concept of interpreting dreams/visions. Used for interpretation activity parallel to פְּשַׁר in Daniel contexts.
- ἐπιλύω epilýō · G1956 · to explain, meaning, explanation
- Greek verb used specifically for interpreting dreams/prophecies (e.g., 2 Pet 1:20). Functions as a translation equivalent for the act of making interpretations in revelatory contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Know002004002007
- Daniel 5:12 recounts that “this was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6590. peshar [מְּשַׁר] verb interpret (a dream) (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps Egyptian…
[מְּשַׁר] verb interpret (a dream) (ᵑ7 id., Syriac , perhaps Egyptian Aramaic פשר Lzb355 SAC100 (Arabic loan-word, see Frä263); Assyrian pašâru); —
Pe`al Infinitive לְמִפְשַׁר Dan 5:16, accusative of congnate meaning with verb פִשְׁרִין
Pa`el Participle active מְפַשַׁר Dan 5:12, accusative חֶלְמִין.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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