פְּשַׁר
peshar · interpret
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H6590 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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peshar (פְּשַׁר) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “interpret”.
To interpret (Aramaic).
How to say it
pe·shar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To explain the meaning of a dream or something obscure.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- give interpretations ×1
- interpreting ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 5:12
because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”
- Daniel 5:16
But I have heard of you that you can give interpretations and loosen knots. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will be clothed with purple, and a necklace of gold will be on your neck, and as third in the kingdom you will rule.”