H3007 H3007
Aramaic word for 'earth' or 'dry land' in Daniel 2:10
This Aramaic noun, cognate with Hebrew yabbāšāh (dry land), appears in the Chaldeans' response to Nebuchadnezzar. The context emphasizes the vast gulf between human and divine knowledge: no magician 'on the earth' can reveal the king's dream. The Targum equates this term with the standard Biblical Hebrew for dry land, underscoring its semantic overlap with the Genesis creation narrative's 'dry ground' that emerges from the waters.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The earth or inhabited world as the realm of human existence, contrasted with the divine sphere (Dan 2:10). The Chaldeans use this term to stress that no earthly wise man possesses the supernatural knowledge the king demands, highlighting the impossibility of the request. 1×
AR["الـ-أَرْضِ"]·ben["পৃথিবীর"]·DE["[יבשתא]"]·EN["the-dry-land"]·FR["terre"]·heb["ה-יבשה"]·HI["पृथ्वी"]·ID["bumi"]·IT["[יבשתא]"]·jav["ing-bumi"]·KO["땅"]·PT["a-terra"]·RU["-земле"]·ES["la-tierra"]·SW["nchi-kavu"]·TR["yeryüzünün"]·urd["ال-زمین"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יַבֶּ֫שֶׁת] n.f. earth (so Syriac; 𝔗 as BH יַבָּשָׁה dry land, √ יָבֵשׁ);—emph. יַבֶּשְׁתָּא Dn 2:10.