H1768. di

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; דְּ ᵑ7‎ (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. Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:11 מְדָֽרְהוֺן דִּי‎ whose dwelling, 2:24 מַלְבָּא מַנִּי דִּי‎ whom the king had appointed, 2:26 בּ שְׁמֵהּ ׳דִּי‎ whose name was B., 4:5; 5:12, 23, etc.; = that which 2:23; = him that Ezra 7:25; 6:15; Daniel 7:17 אַרְבַּע אִנוּן דִּת‎ which are four (see אִנּוּן‎). Following pronoun of 2 person (compare אֲשֶׁר‎ 3), 2:37 thou, O king ..., לָח יְהַב ֗֗֗ דִּי‎ to whom... hath given, 4:19; 4:6 as to whom I know, etc. (compare אֲשֶׁר‎ 4d end). Sq. תַּמָּה‎ = where Ezra 6:1, so דִּי‎ alone 6:3; Daniel 2:38; of time, דִּי בְּעִדָּנָא‎ at the time when, etc., 3:5, 15. With the predicate an infinitive with לְ‎, 6:9 לְהַשְׁנָיָה לָא דִּי כְּתָבָא‎ which is not to be changed, Ezra 6:8; a place- or other determination, Daniel 3:20 valiant men בְחֵילֵהּ‎ that were in his army, 5:2 בִירוּשְׁלֵב דִּי הֵיכְלָא‎, 7:20; Ezra 4:24; 5:6; 6:2, 6; compare Daniel 2:25; 5:13; 7:7; Ezra 7:23. לָא דִּי‎ = without, 6:9; 7:22 (so ᵑ7 דְּלָא‎ Genesis 15:2; Exodus 21:11); compare Daniel 2:34, 45. b. דִּי מָה דִּי, מָן‎ (compare in late Hebrew מַה ׳מַהשֶּֿׁ,‎ 1e b) whoever, whatever, so 3:6, 11 ָ(מןדִּֿילָֿא יִמֵּל‎ whoever does not fall down, 4:14 יִצְבֵּא דִּי לְמָן‎ to whomsoever he willeth, 4:22; 4:29; 5:21; דִי מָה‎ whatever (or simply what), 2:28 לֶהֱוֵא דִּי מָה‎ what will be, 2:29; 2:29; 2:45; Ezra 6:8; 7:18. — compare K^{§ 103.} 2 as

mark of the Genitive, Daniel 2:15 מלכא די שׁליטא‎ properly the captain, that of the king = the king's captain (a Genuine Aramaic idiom: so דְּ ᵑ7‎, Syriac constantly), 2:19; 2:25; 2:49 +? Ezra 4:15; 5:2, etc., or in the absolute state (undetermined), Daniel 5:5; 7:4, 9, 10 נוּר דִּי נְהַר‎; or it may have a pleonastic suffix, 2:20 אֱלָהָא דִּי שְׁמֵהּ‎ literally his name, that of God = God's name, 2:44; 3:8, 25, 26; 4:23, etc. (so also ᵑ7‎ Syriac). To circumscribe an adjective, especially in specification of the material: 2:38 thou art דַהֲבָא דִּי רֵאשָׁה‎ the head of gold, 2:39; 3:1; 5:7, 16; Ezra 5:14; 6:4 +; as predicate Daniel 2:32 טָב דִּידְֿהַב רֵאשֵׁהּ‎ his head (was) of fine gold, 2:33; 7:19; with a pronoun 2:20 wisdom and might הִיא דִּילֵֿהּ‎ are his; compare 6:27 תִתְחַבַּל דִּילָֿא וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ‎ his kingdom (is one) which shall not be destroyed, 7:14. — See further K^{§ 81.} 3 as

conjunction (compare אֲשֶׁר‎ 8):

a. that (quod), after verbs of knowing, Daniel 2:8-9, seeing 2:45; 3:27, hearing 5:14, etc.; introducing the subject of a sentence, ֗֗֗ דִּי ֗֗֗ יְדִיעַ‎ 3:18; Ezra 4:13; Daniel 2:47 ֗֗֗ דִּי מִןקְֿשֹׁט‎ True is it that . . . (compare כִּי אָמְנָם‎ Job 12:2).

b. = in that, inasmuch as, whereas: Daniel 2:41 and whereas (דִּי‎) thou sawest, etc. . . . it shall be adivided kingdom, 2:43; 4:20; 4:23; as a connecting link$ = seeing that, because, for (compare אֲשֶׁר‎ 8c) 2:9, 20b; 2:23b; 2:47b; 4:15; 6:24b.

c. that (ut), after verbs of asking Daniel 2:16, commanding 3:10, 29, expressing a purpose 4:3; 5:15; Ezra 4:15; 6:10 +; לָא דִּי‎ that not (ne) Daniel 2:18; 3:28; 6:18 (on לְמָה דִּי‎ lest Ezra 7:23, see מה‎).

d. prefixed to direct narr. (like כִּי‎ 1b, and sometimes אֲשֶׁר‎ 8a γ, and ὅτι recitativum), Daniel 2:25 and said thus unto him דִּיהַֿשְׁכַּחַת‎ (that) I have found, etc., 5:7; 6:6; 6:14.

4 with prepositions and other prefixes:

a. דִי כְּ‎ (like Hebrew כַּאֲשֶׁר‎; so Egyptian Aramaic כזי‎, Palmyrene, Nabataean כדי‎, Lzb²⁹³ SAC^{G1 62, 63} Cooke^{369b RES:361}; כַּד ᵑ7‎, Syriac ); a according as, Daniel 2:43; b. so soon as, when, 3:7; 5:20; 6:11; 6:15.

b. מִןדִּֿי‎: a. because that, Daniel 3:22; Ezra 5:12 (compare מֵאֲשֶׁר‎ Isaiah 43:4); b. from (the time) that, after (ex quo), Daniel 4:23; Ezra 4:23.

c. דִּי עַד‎ until, Daniel 2:9, 34; 4:30; 7:22; = ere that 6:25.

d. דִּי עַל‎ Daniel 3:19 is not a conjunction, but means above that which ...

e. for דִּי דִּבְרַת עַל‎ and דִּי כָּלקֳֿבֵל‎ see [ דִּבְרָה‎] and קֳבֵל‎.

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