1. man, mankind (Aramaic) — An Aramaic noun (אֱנָשׁ) meaning 'man' or 'mankind', cognate to Hebrew אֱנוֹשׁ. This word appears exclusively in the Aramaic portions of Daniel and Ezra. In the singular absolute form (אֱנָשׁ), it denotes an individual human being or 'man' generically, as in Daniel's visions where one 'like a son of man' (כְּבַר אֱנָשׁ, Dan 7:13) appears, and in the narrative of Dan 2:10, 3:10, 5:5, 7, 6:7, 12, and Ezra 4:11, 6:11. In the emphatic/determined plural form (אֲנָשָׁא), it denotes 'men/mankind' collectively, especially in Nebuchadnezzar's declarations about God's sovereignty over human kingdoms (Dan 2:38, 43; 4:16-17, 25, 32-33; 5:21). The Ketiv/Qere variants (אנושא/אֲנָשָׁא in Dan 4:16-17) are orthographic alternatives of the same word, not distinct senses. The construct form 'men of' (Ezra 4:11) is a syntactic variant. All clusters represent a single Aramaic lexeme meaning 'man/mankind' in various morphological forms. 27×
AR["[إِنْسَانٍ]","إِنْسان","إِنْسَانٌ","إِنْسَانٍ","الـ-نَّاسِ","النَّاسِ"]·ben["[মানুষের]","মনুষ্যসন্তানের","মানুষ","মানুষদের","মানুষের"]·DE["Maenner","Mensch","[אנש]","die-Menschen"]·EN["Man","[ketiv:man]","man","men"]·FR["[אנושא]","homme","hommes","les-hommes"]·heb["[אנושי]","אדם","איש","אנש","אנשים","ה-אנשים"]·HI["[मनुष्य]","आदम","मनुष्य","मनुष्य-का","मनुष्य-की","मनुष्य-के","मनुष्यों","मनुष्यों-के","मनुष्यों-को"]·ID["-Anak-Manusia","-manusia","[manusia]","manusia","orang"]·IT["gli-uomini","uomini","uomo"]·jav["Putraning-Manungsa","[manungsa]","manungsa","tiyang"]·KO["[사람]","사람","사람-을","사람-의","사람들","사람들의","사람의","사람이"]·PT["[homem]","homem","homens","os-homens"]·RU["-людей","-человеческие","[человеческого]","из-людей","сын","человек","человека","человеческие","человеческим","человеческих","человеческое","человеческом"]·ES["[hombre]","hombre","hombres","los-hombres"]·SW["[binadamu]","binadamu","mtu","mwana-wa-binadamu","wanadamu","watu"]·TR["[insandan]","adam","adamları","insan","insanlardan","insanların","insanın","kişi"]·urd["آدم","آدمی","آدمی-کے","آدمیوں","آدمیوں-کو","آدمیوں-کی","آدمیوں-کے","انسان","انسان-کا","انسان-کی","انسان-کے","انسانی"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֱנָשׁ n.m. man, mankind;—abs. א׳ Dn 2:10 +; emph. אֲנָשָׁא v 38 +, so Qr 4:13, 14 (> Kt אנושׁא K§ 57 f); so Nab. אנוש often Lzb 222 Cooke 219 SAC 22): pl. אֲנָשִׁים 4:14 (Hebraism, M 53* proposes אֲנָשָׁא);— 1. man, human being, Dn 2:10; 3:10; 4:13; 5:5, 7(×2); 6:13(×2); 7:4(×2), 8; Ezr 6:11; so בַּר־אֱנָשׁ Dn 7:13 a son of man, human being (v. especially Dr Dn 102; DBSon of Man). 2. coll.…