Lexical Definition

‎דִּי‎ dîy (dee) that ^A:Part
(Aramaic) apparently for ‎דָּא‎

[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.

• that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases
• also as preposition of

part of relation
1) who, which, that
mark of genitive
2) that of, which belongs to, that
conj
3) that, because

Extended Information

Aramaic of: זֶה

• part of relation
• mark of genitive
• conj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: אֲשֶׁר
‎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 (Lzb^{267. 446} RES³⁶¹ S-C^{Pap. A 2} +); Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎די‎; ᵑ7 ‎דְּ‎ (except in compounds, as ‎דִּילִי‎ mine, ‎דִּילֵיהּ‎ his); Samaritan ; Syriac ; Ethiopic za: of same origin as Arabic 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, vDan 2:24 ‎דִּי מַנִּי מַלְבָּא‎ whom the king had appointed, vDan 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, vDan 2:29 vDan 2:29 vDan 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 constantly), vDan 2:19 vDan 2:25 vDan 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, vDan 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, vDan 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, vDan 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, vDan 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 6:24*b.
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 narr. (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 SAC^{G1 62, 63} Cooke^{369 b RES:361}; ᵑ7 ‎כַּד‎, Syriac ); 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.

Also see: דֵּן

‎כ‎ ‎כְּ‎ particle like, as, about (Biblical Hebrew ‎כְּ‎, q. v.); — like, as Dan 2:40 ‎תַּקִּיפָא כְּפַרְוְלָא‎, Dan 4:5*; Dan 4:32*; Dan 5:1 +; according to Dan 4:32* ‎וּכְּ מִצְבְּיֵהּ עָכֵד‎ and according to his will he doeth, Ezra 6:9; Ezra 6:18 +; about (as Biblical Hebrew 1 a: compare Zinjirli Lzb⁴⁴⁴ [‎ן‎] ‎כשלשן מלכ‎), Dan 4:16* ‎כְּשָׁעָה חֲדָה‎, Dan 6:1* with infinitive (Biblical Hebrew 3 b), Dan 6:21* ‎וּכְ מִקְרְנֵהּ לִגֻבָּא‎ and as he drew near, etc. Cpds.: — ‎כְּ דִי‎ and ‎כִּדְנָה‎, see ‎דִּי‎ and ‎דָּאנה‎; ‎כַּחֲדָה‎; together, see ‎חַד‎ (sub ‎אחד‎).

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