H3493 H3493
excellent, surpassing (attributive); exceedingly, greatly (adverbial intensifier)
Senses
1. excellent, surpassing (attributive) — The Aramaic adjective יַתִּיר (yattir) used attributively to describe a quality of pre-eminence or excellence inherent in a person or thing. Found in Daniel where it characterizes the extraordinary brightness of Nebuchadnezzar's statue vision (Dan 2:31 'its brightness was surpassing'), the excellent spirit found in Daniel himself (Dan 5:12, 5:14, 6:4 'an excellent spirit was in him'), and similar contexts. Rendered as 'ausserordentlich' (extraordinary) in German, 'excellent' in French, 'extraordinario/a' in Spanish, فَائِقَة (surpassing) in Arabic, and उत्तम (excellent) in Hindi. The feminine form יַתִּירָא and defective spelling appear across the occurrences without semantic distinction. 4×
AR["فَائِقَةٌ"]·ben["অতিরিক্ত","বিশেষ"]·DE["ausserordentlich"]·EN["excellent","surpassing"]·FR["excellent"]·heb["יתירה"]·HI["उत्तम","और-अधिक"]·ID["luar-biasa"]·IT["straordinario"]·jav["langkung-ageng","linuwih"]·KO["넘치게","뛰어난-의","뛰어난-이"]·PT["extraordinária","extraordinário"]·RU["превосходная","превосходный","преизбыточное"]·ES["extraordinaria","extraordinario"]·SW["bora","wa-ziada"]·TR["fazlası","olağanüstü"]·urd["بہت-زیادہ","غیر-معمولی","فائق"]
2. exceedingly, greatly (adverbial intensifier) — The Aramaic adjective יַתִּיר (yattir) functioning adverbially as an intensifier meaning 'exceedingly, greatly, very much,' typically modifying a verb or another adjective rather than standing as an attributive modifier. Appears in Daniel in contexts like the king's exceeding fury (Dan 3:22 'the furnace was heated exceedingly'), Nebuchadnezzar's great distress (Dan 4:33), and extreme emotional states (Dan 5:9, 6:14, 7:7, 7:19). Rendered as 'ausserordentlich' in German, 'en extremo' (to the extreme) in Spanish, جِدًّا (very much) in Arabic, and अत्यंत/अत्यन्त (extremely) in Hindi. The Korean renderings 극히 (extremely) and 뛰어나게 (surpassingly) confirm the intensifying adverbial function. 4×
AR["جِدًّا","فَائِقٌ"]·ben["অত্যধিক","অত্যন্ত","অসাধারণ"]·DE["ausserordentlich"]·EN["exceedingly","extraordinary"]·FR["excellent"]·heb["יתירה","יתר"]·HI["अत्यंत","अत्यन्त"]·ID["luar-biasa","sangat"]·IT["straordinario"]·jav["ngedab-edabi","sanget"]·KO["극히","뛰어나게","뛰어난"]·PT["excessivamente","extraordinário","extremamente"]·RU["чрезвычайно","чрезмерно","чрезмерный"]·ES["en-extremo","excesivamente","extraordinario"]·SW["kupita-kiasi","sana"]·TR["aşırı","fevkalade","olağanüstü"]·urd["انتہائی","بہت"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יַתִּיר adj. pre-eminent, surpassing (v. BH יתר);—ms. abs. י׳ Dn 2:31; fs. יַתִּירָא 6:4, usually ה—ָ 4:33; 5:12, 14; as adv. exceedingly 3:22; 7:7, 19 (cf. יתיר מתבריך EutSin. 498 wh. Lzb 401 reads יתירית בריך).