H0636 H0636
Wood, timber, or beam — Aramaic noun for lumber used in construction or as material for idols.
An Aramaic noun corresponding to Hebrew 'ets' (wood/tree), appearing exclusively in the Aramaic sections of Ezra and Daniel. In Ezra 5:8 and 6:4 it denotes construction timber and beams used in the rebuilding of the Jerusalem temple, while in Ezra 6:11 it refers to a beam from a demolished house used for punishment. In Daniel 5:4 and 5:23 the emphatic form designates the material of pagan idols. The Spanish 'madera' and French 'bois' both capture the generic sense of 'wood,' while the English glosses helpfully distinguish 'timber' from 'beam.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — Wood or timber as a building material and as the substance of carved objects. In the Ezra passages (5:8; 6:4, 11) the word refers to hewn lumber and structural beams for the temple reconstruction under Darius's decree. In Daniel 5:4 and 5:23 it shifts to the material composition of idols — gods 'of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.' The English glosses usefully split 'timber' and 'beam,' though the underlying Aramaic word is one lexeme. French 'bois' and Spanish 'madera' both render it as a single undifferentiated term for wood. 5×
AR["الْخَشَبِ", "خَشَب", "خَشَبَة", "وَ-خَشَب"]·ben["আর-কাঠ", "কাঠ", "কাঠের"]·DE["[אע]", "[אעא]", "[ואע]"]·EN["a-beam", "and-timber", "timber", "wood"]·FR["[אע]", "[ואע]", "bois"]·heb["אע", "ו-אע", "עץ"]·HI["और-लकड़ी", "लकड़ी-की", "लकड़ी-के"]·ID["dan-kayu", "kayu"]·IT["[אע]", "[אעא]", "[ואע]"]·jav["dipun-pasang", "kajeng", "kayu"]·KO["그리고-나무", "나무", "나무-의"]·PT["e-madeira", "madeira"]·RU["бревно", "дерева", "деревянных", "и-дерево"]·ES["madera", "y-madera"]·SW["mbao", "na-mbao"]·TR["ahsap", "ahsaptan", "ağaç", "ve-ahsap"]·urd["اور-لکڑی", "لکڑی", "لکڑی-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אָע n.m. Ezr 5:8 wood (so 𝔗, for עָע; Egyptian Aramaic עק S-C H5; BH עֵץ, √ II. עצה);— 1. abs. א׳ timber, for building Ezr 5:8; 6:4; beam v 11. 2. emph. אָעָא wood, material of idols Dn 5:4, 23.