אעא

Aramaic

Etymology

From earlier עָעָא (ʿāʿā), עָקָא (ʿāqā), from Proto-Semitic *ʕiṣ́-. Compare Hebrew עֵץ.

Noun

אָעָא • (ʾāʿā) m (plural אָעַיָּא)

1. wood
   • Tanach, Daniel 5:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     אִשְׁתִּיו חַמְרָא וְשַׁבַּחוּ לֵאלָהֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא נְחָשָׁא פַרְזְלָא אָעָא וְאַבְנָא׃

     ʾištīw ḥamrā wəšabbáḥū lēlāhē dahăḇā wəḵaspā nəḥāšā p̄arzəlā ʾāʿā wəʾaḇnā.

     They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

   • Tanach, Ezra 5:8, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     יְדִיעַ לֶהֱוֵא לְמַלְכָּא דִּי־אֲזַלְנָא לִיהוּד מְדִינְתָּא לְבֵית אֱלָהָא רַבָּא וְהוּא מִתְבְּנֵא אֶבֶן גְּלָל וְאָע מִתְּשָׂם בְּכֻתְלַיָּא וַעֲבִידְתָּא דָךְ אָסְפַּרְנָא מִתְעַבְדָא וּמַצְלַח בְּיֶדְהֹם׃

     yəḏīaʿ lehĕwē ləmalkā dī-ʾăzálnā līhūḏ məḏīntā ləḇēṯ ʾĕlāhā rabbā wəhū miṯbənē ʾéḇen gəlāl wəʾāʿ mittəśām bəḵuṯlayyā waʿăḇī́ḏtā ḏāḵ ʾosparnā miṯʿaḇḏā ūmaṣlaḥ bəyeḏhōm.

     Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.

2. piece of wood, log
   • Tanach, Ezra 6:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וּמִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם דִּי כָל־אֱנָשׁ דִּי יְהַשְׁנֵא פִּתְגָמָא דְנָה יִתְנְסַח אָע מִן־בַּיְתֵהּ וּזְקִיף יִתְמְחֵא עֲלֹהִי וּבַיְתֵהּ נְוָלוּ יִתְעֲבֵד עַל־דְּנָה׃

     ūminnī śīm ṭəʿēm ḵol-ʾĕnāš dī yəhašnē piṯḡāmā ḏənā yiṯnəsaḥ ʾāʿ min-bayṯēh ūzəqīp̄ yiṯməḥē ʿălṓhī ūḇayṯēh nəwālū yiṯʿăḇēḏ ʿal-dənā.

     Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this;

Inflection

State	Singular	Plural
Absolute	אָע	אָעִין
Construct	אָע	אָעֵי
Determined	אָעָא	אָעַיָּא

See also

• אִילָנָא (ʾīlānā)