BDB9409
[גין] with בְּ, בְּגִין preposition on account of (so Galilean Aramaic, D§ 47, 3 ), read perhaps in Dan 7:15: see נִדְגֵה.
Strong's Lexicon
H5085
H5085 — נִדנֶה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H5085 |
|---|---|
| Word: | נִדנֶה |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | (Aramaic) from the same as H5084 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | nidneh |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nid-neh' |
| Meaning: | 1. a sheath 2. (figuratively) the body (as the receptacle of the soul) |
| KJV Renderings: | body. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9695
נִדְנֵ֑ה (Masora Baer) noun [masculine] sheath ( ᵑ7 נְדָן, לְדָן; see Biblical Hebrew (late) נָדָן, Persian loan-word); — ׳ בְּ֗֗֗נ Dan 7:15 my spirit in (its) sheath, i.e. my body; < נִדְנָה emphatic, or suffix נִדְנַהּ (K§ 54, 3. β)); or (NöGGA. 1884, 1022 Bev) נְדָנַהּ; but expression at best strange; read probably בְּגִין דְּנָה on account of this (בְּגִין as ᵑ7 j ; D§ 47. 3 (2nd ed. 47. 10)), M72* compare Buhl Dr.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke