BDB2031
דָּת noun feminine Esth 3:15 decree, law, usage, only in Persian period (Biblical Aramaic Late Hebrew id. , Syriac [untranscribed source text 1221] or [untranscribed source text 1222]; Persian loan-word, Old Persian dâta , law, SpiegAPK 225) — ׳ ד absolute Esth 1:8 + 9 t.; construct דַּת Esth 2:12, דָּת Esth 9:13 suffix דָּתוֺ Esth 2:8 + 4 t.; plural construct דָּתֵי Ezra 8:36 + 2 t.; suffix דָּתַיהֶם Esth 3:8 —
1.
decree, edict, commission of Persian king Ezra 8:36 (word elsewhere only in Esther) Esth 2:8 (||
דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ), Esth 4:3 (|| id.) Esth 8:17 (|| id.) Esth 9:1 (||
id.; with עשׂה
execute) compare also Esth 9:13 with verb נָתַן
Esth 3:14;
Esth 3:15;
Esth 8:13;
Esth 8:14;
Esth 9:14
written כְּתָבהַֿדָּת
Esth 4:8 (compare
Esth 3:14;
Esth 8:13).
2.
law, permanently valid and applicable, וְיִכָּתֵב בְּדָתֵי פָּרַסוּֿמָדַי וְלֹא יַעֲבוֺר
Esth 1:19
compare Esth 1:15
; Esth 4:11
; Esth 4:16
יֹדְעֵי דָּת וָדִין
Esth 1:13
those that understood law and judgment; דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ
Esth 3:8 of laws
of the Jews in Persia
Esth 3:8 even of rules for drinking at a feast Esth 1:8 for purifying of women Esth 2:12. — The distinction between
1 & 2
is not absolute. The king's will was law, and the royal edict (דְּבַר מַלְכוּת
) concerning Vashti was reckoned among the laws (דָּתֵי) of the Persians & Medes (
Esth 1:19). —
In Deut 33:2
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אֵשׁ דָּת לָמוֺ
fire was a law for them is corrupt; many emendations proposed, compare Di; Di suggests דֹת
[לַפִּ] אֵשׁ
fire of flames, flaming fire, compare הַלַּפִּידִם
Exod 20:18
(but לַפִּדֹת plural in תֹ֯ not in OT unless as proper name), or (better),
דֶת[יֹקֶ] אֵשׁ
a burning fire, compare Isa 65:5 (different sense).