H4070b H4070b
dwelling, habitation (Aramaic)
An Aramaic noun meaning dwelling or habitation, appearing in Daniel 2:11. In response to Nebuchadnezzar's impossible demand, the Chaldeans protest that 'there is no other who can declare it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortal flesh.' The term emphasizes the gods' separation from humanity—they dwell in a different realm. This highlights the impossibility of the request and sets up Daniel's revelation that the true God can reveal mysteries.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Dwelling, habitation of the gods. Daniel 2:11 uses this in the Chaldeans' protest: the gods 'whose dwelling is not with flesh' cannot be consulted for such revelations. The Aramaic construct with suffix ('their dwelling') emphasizes divine transcendence—the gods live apart from humanity. The multilingual evidence (dwelling, morada, demeure) consistently renders this as habitation. This sets up the contrast with Daniel's God who does reveal mysteries despite dwelling separately. 1×
AR["سُكْنَاهُمْ"]·ben["বাসস্থান"]·DE["[מדרהון]"]·EN["dwelling"]·FR["demeure"]·heb["מדורם"]·HI["निवास"]·ID["tempat-tinggalnya"]·IT["[מדרהון]"]·jav["padunungipun"]·KO["거처가-그들의"]·PT["morada-deles"]·RU["обитание-их"]·ES["su-morada"]·SW["makao-yao"]·TR["konutları-onların"]·urd["رہنا"]
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
† [מְדָר] n.m. id.;—sf. מְדָֽרְהוֹן Dn 2:11.