H1668 H1668
this, that (basic demonstrative); the other (contrastive demonstrative)
Senses
1. this, that (basic demonstrative) — The Aramaic demonstrative pronoun/adjective דָּא in its basic deictic function, pointing to a proximal or contextually salient referent ('this' or 'that'). Two clusters share this core demonstrative sense: the adjectival/pronominal 'this' (eng this, spa esta/una, hin यह/एक, arb هَذِهِ, kor 이것이, swa moja/huyu) and the anaphoric 'that' (eng that, spa esta, hin उस, arb هَذِهِ, kor 이것에게서, swa huyu). Arabic هَذِهِ and Korean 이것 confirm the same basic pointing function in both clusters. The variation between 'this' and 'that' reflects contextual English glossing rather than distinct Aramaic semantics. 5×
AR["هَذَا","هَذِهِ","هَذِهِ-"]·ben["এই","এই-","তাই"]·DE["dies"]·EN["that","this","this-"]·FR["ceci"]·heb["זאת"]·HI["इस","उस","एक","यह"]·ID["-yang-lain","ini","satu"]·IT["questo"]·jav["punika","punika-","sanèsipun","setunggal"]·KO["이","이것-이","이것-이-","이것에게서","이것이"]·PT["esta-","este","outro","um"]·RU["другого","один","одно","это-","этого"]·ES["esta","este","una"]·SW["hii","hii-","huyu","moja"]·TR["biri","bu","bu-","diğerinden"]·urd["اُس","اِس","ایک","یہ","یہ-"]
2. the other (contrastive demonstrative) — The Aramaic demonstrative דָּא used with the preposition ל in a contrastive or reciprocal construction, meaning 'the other one' or 'against that one,' as in Daniel 7:3 where beasts differ 'one from another' (דָּא מִן־דָּא). The multilingual evidence distinctly marks this as a contrastive rather than simple demonstrative: Spanish contra-la-otra ('against the other'), Hindi से-दूसरे ('from/than the other'), Arabic بِتِلْكَ (distal demonstrative 'that one'), Korean 저것-에 (distal 저 rather than proximal 이), and Swahili na-jingine ('and another/different'). The convergence of 'other/another' translations across unrelated language families confirms a separate contrastive-reciprocal sense. 1×
AR["بِتِلْكَ"]·ben["-সেই-"]·DE["zu-dies"]·EN["against-that"]·FR["ceci"]·heb["ל-זאת"]·HI["से-दूसरे"]·ID["dengan-itu"]·IT["a-questo"]·jav["nuthuk-setunggal"]·KO["저것-에"]·PT["contra-o-outro"]·RU["о-другое"]·ES["contra-la-otra"]·SW["na-jingine"]·TR["diğerine"]·urd["دوسرے-سے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† דָּא demonstr. pr. f. this (= BH זֹה: Zinj. Têma, Cappad. Egyptian Aramaic זא, Nab. דא, Palm. דה (Lzb 264; Eph. i. 323 Cooke 26), 𝔗 דא: v. further sub BH זֶה. The corresp. masc. is דְּנָה);—this, Dn 4:27 הֲלָא דָא הִיא בָּבֶל רַבְּתָא, 5:6 דָּא לְדָא נָֽקְשָׁן one striking another, cf.7:3 (v. זֶה 1 b), v 8 בְקַרְנָא־דָא. דָּארִין v. [דּוּר].