•
דָּשֵׁן
S
1878, 1879
TWOT
457, 457b
GK
2014, 2015
adj.
fat
,
דָּשֵׁן
Is 30:23
(
||
שָׁמֵן
), of
לֶחֶם
as product of ground;
fig.
of righteous as trees
דְּשֵׁנִים
ψ 92:15
(
||
רעננים
) fat, full of oil (?) or sap (
Che
;
cf.
דֶּשֶׁן
Ju 9:
9); as
subst.
vigorous, stalwart ones
(
opp.
יֹורְדֵי עָפָר
cf.
Ch
e)
ψ 22:30
אֶרֶץ דִּשְׁנֵי־
(Brüll
שֹׁכְנֵי
, Renan
Hist. iii. 134
ישְׁבֵי
).
•
דָּת
S
1881, 1882
TWOT
2683, 458
GK
2017
n.f.
Est 3:1
5;
4:11
;
decree, law, usage, only
in Persian period
(
Biblical Aramaic
NH
id.
, Syriac
ܕܰܬܳܐ
(
dato
) or
ܕܳܬܳܐ
(
doto
)
Pers.
loan-w., Old
Pers.
dâta
,
law
,
Spieg
APK 225)
—
ד׳
abs.
Est 1:8
+
9 times;
cstr.
דַּת
Est 2:1
2,
דָּת
9:1
3;
sf.
דָּתֹו
Est 2:8
+
4 times;
pl. cstr.
דָּתֵי
Ezr 8:36
+
2 times;
sf.
דָּתֵיהֶם
Est 3:
8;—
1.
decree, edict, commission
of
Pers.
king
Ezr 8:36
(word elsewhere only in Est)
Est 2:8
(
||
דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ
),
4:3
(
||
id.
)
8:17
(
||
id.
)
9:1
(
||
id.
;
c.
עשׂה
execute
)
cf.
also
9:13
;
c.
vb.
נָתַן
3:1
4,
15
;
8:13
,
14
;
9:14
; written
כְּתָב־הַדָּת
4:8
(
cf.
3:1
4;
8:13
).
2.
law
, permanently valid and applicable,
וְיִכָּתֵב בְּדָתֵי פָרַס־וּמָדַי וְלֹא יַעֲבֹור
Est 1:19
cf.
v
15
;
4:11
,
16
;
יֹדְעֵי דָּת וָדִין
1:13
those that understood law and judgment;
דָּתֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ
3:
8; of laws of the Jews in Persia
3:8
; even of rules for drinking at a feast
1:8
; for purifying of women
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 (
1:19
).—In
Dt 33:2
MT
אֵשׁ דָּת לָמֹו
fire was a law for them
is corrupt; many emend. proposed,
cf.
D
i;
Di
suggests
אֵשׁ ]לַףִּ[דֹת
fire of flames
, flaming fire,
cf.
הַלַּפִּידִם
Ex 20:18
(but
לַפִּדֹת
pl.
in
ת
—
ֹ
not in
OT
unless as
n.pr.
), or (better),
אֵשׁ ]יֹקֶ[דֶת
a burning fire
,
cf.
Is 65:5
(diff. sense).
• דָּתָן S 1885 GK 2018 n.pr.m. ( cf. Assyrian Datana Shlm Obelisk, 1. 161 ) a Reubenite, son of Eliab Nu 16:1 , 12 , 24 , 25 , 27 (×2); 26:9 (×2) Dt 11:6 ψ 106:17 .
adj. adjective. subst. substantive. MT Masoretic Text. OT Old Testament. Shlm Shalmaneser II.