BDB9440
דִּי particle [of relation], who, which, that, used also as mark of genitive and conjunction that, because (Aramaic of Nineveh, Babylonian, Zinjirli, Nerab, Cilicia, Têma, Egypt, ןי (Lzb267. 446 RES361 S-CPap. A 2 +); Nabataean, Palmyrene די; ᵑ7 דְּ (except in compounds, as דִּילִי mine, דִּילֵיהּ his); Samaritan [untranscribed source text 5970]; Syriac [untranscribed source text 5971]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5972] za: of same origin as Arabic [untranscribed source text 5973] possessor of [compare below Biblical Hebrew זֶה]. Properly a demonstrative that [compare זֶה; in Ethiopic ze is 'this', za 'which']; but this being referred by usage to something preceding becomes equivalent to the relative who, which, used, however, more widely than Hebrew אֲשֶׁר); —
1. as rel.
who, which (construed like אֲשֶׁר):
a.
Jer 10:11;
Dan 2:11
דִּי מְדָֽרְהוֺן
whose dwelling, Dan 2:24
דִּי מַנִּי מַלְבָּא
whom the king had appointed, Dan 2:26
׳
דִּי שְׁמֵהּ בּ
whose name was B., Dan 4:5; Dan 5:12; Dan 5:23, etc.; = that which
Dan 2:23 =
him that
Ezra 7:25;
Ezra 6:15;
Dan 7:17
דִּת אִנוּן אַרְבַּע
which are four (see
אִנּוּן
). Following pronoun of 2 person (compare אֲשֶׁר
3),
Dan
2:37 thou, O king …, דִּי ֗֗֗ יְהַב לָח
to whom… hath given, Dan 4:19; Dan 4:6
as to whom I know, etc. (compare אֲשֶׁר
4.d.
end). Sq. תַּמָּה = where
Ezra 6:1, so
דִּי alone Ezra 6:3; Dan 2:38 of time, בְּעִדָּנָא דִּי at the time
when, etc., Dan 3:5; Dan 3:15. With the predicate an infinitive with לְ
, Dan 6:9
כְּתָבָא דִּי לָא לְהַשְׁנָיָה
which is not to be changed, Ezra 6:8 a place- or other determination, Dan 3:20 valiant men
בְחֵילֵהּ
that were in his army, Dan 5:2
הֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֵב, Dan 7:20; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:6; Ezra 6:2; Ezra 6:6 compare Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13; Dan 7:7; Ezra 7:23.
דִּי לָא = without, Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22 (so דְּלָא
ᵑ7
Gen 15:2;
Exod 21:11
); compare Dan
2:34; Dan
2:45
.
b.
מָן דִּי, מָה דִּי (compare in late Hebrew ׳
מַהשֶּֿׁ, מַה
1.e.
b) whoever, whatever, so Dan 3:6; Dan 3:11
יִפֵּל ָ(מןדִּֿילָֿא
whoever does not fall down, Dan 4:14
לְמָן דִּי יִצְבֵּא to whomsoever he willeth, v.Dan 4:22
v.Dan 4:29
;
Dan 5:21
מָה דִי
whatever (or simply what), Dan 2:28
מָה דִּי לֶהֱוֵא what will be, Dan 2:29 Dan 2:29 Dan 2:45; Ezra 6:8
; Ezra 7:18
. — compare K§
103.
2. as mark of the genitive, Dan 2:15
שׁליטא די מלכא properly the captain, that of the king = the
king's captain (a genuine Aramaic idiom: so
ᵑ7
דְּ, Syriac
[untranscribed source text 5974] constantly), Dan 2:19 Dan 2:25 Dan 2:49 + often: the substantive in such cases may be either in the emphatic state
(determined), as ll. cc. Ezra 4:15; Ezra 5:2, etc., or in the absolute state (undetermined), Dan 5:5; Dan 7:4; Dan 7:9; Dan 7:10
נְהַר דִּי נוּר; or it may have a pleonastic suffix, Dan 2:20
שְׁמֵהּ דִּי אֱלָהָא literally his name, that of God = God's name
, Dan 2:44
; Dan 3:8; Dan 3:25; Dan 3:26; Dan 4:23, etc. (so
also
ᵑ7
Syriac). To circumscribe an adjective, especially in specification of the material:
Dan 2:38 thou art
רֵאשָׁה דִּי דַהֲבָא the head of gold, Dan 2:39; Dan 3:1; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:16; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:4 +; as predicate Dan 2:32
רֵאשֵׁהּ דִּידְֿהַב טָב his head (was) of fine gold, Dan 2:33; Dan 7:19 with a pronoun Dan 2:20 wisdom and
might דִּילֵֿהּ הִיא are his; compare Dan 6:27
וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ דִּילָֿא תִתְחַבַּל his kingdom (is one) which shall not be destroyed, Dan 7:14. — See
further K§ 81.
3. as conjunction (compare אֲשֶׁר
8):
a.
that (quod), after verbs of knowing, Dan 2:8; Dan 2:9, seeing Dan 2:45; Dan 3:27, hearing Dan 5:14, etc.; introducing the
subject of a
sentence, יְדִיעַ ֗֗֗ דִּי ֗֗֗
Dan 3:18; Ezra 4:13;
Dan 2:47
מִןקְֿשֹׁט דִּי ֗֗֗ True is it that . . . (compare אָמְנָם כִּי
Job 12:2).
b. = in that, inasmuch as, whereas:
Dan 2:41 and
whereas (דִּי) thou sawest, etc. . . . it shall be adivided kingdom, v
Dan 2:43; Dan 4:20; Dan 4:23 as a
connecting link$ = seeing that, because, for (compare אֲשֶׁר
8.c.)
Dan 2:9;
Dan 2:20b; Dan 2:23b; Dan 2:47b; Dan 4:15; Dan 6:24b.
c.
that (ut), after verbs of asking Dan 2:16, commanding Dan 3:10; Dan 3:29
, expressing a purpose Dan 4:3; Dan 5:15; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 6:10 +;
דִּי לָא
that not (ne)
Dan 2:18
;
Dan 3:28;
Dan 6:18 (on דִּי לְמָה
lest
Ezra
7:23, see
מה
).
d. prefixed to direct narration (like כִּי
1.b., and sometimes אֲשֶׁר
8.a.
γ, and ὅτι
recitativum), Dan 2:25 and said
thus unto him דִּיהַֿשְׁכַּחַת (that) I have found, etc., Dan 5:7; Dan 6:6; Dan 6:14.
4. with prepositions and other prefixes:
a.
כְּ דִי (like Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר; so Egyptian Aramaic כזי,
Palmyrene, Nabataean כדי, Lzb293
SACG1 62, 63
Cooke369 b RES:361;
ᵑ7
כַּד, Syriac
[untranscribed source text 5975]); a according as, Dan 2:43
b. so soon as, when, Dan 3:7; Dan 5:20; Dan 6:11; Dan 6:15.
b.
מִןדִּֿי: a. because that, Dan 3:22; Ezra 5:12 (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר
Isa 43:4);
b. from (the time) that, after (ex quo), Dan 4:23; Ezra 4:23.
c.
עַד דִּי
until, Dan 2:9; Dan 2:34; Dan 4:30; Dan 7:22 = ere that
Dan 6:25.
d.
עַל דִּי
Dan 3:19 is
not a
conjunction, but means above that which …
e. for עַל דִּבְרַת דִּי and כָּלקֳֿבֵל דִּי see [
דִּבְרָה
] and קֳבֵל.