ܚܘܫܒܐ

Intensitive verbal noun of ܚܵܫܹܒ݂ (ḥāšēḇ, “to think, consider”); ompare Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb) and Hebrew חִשּׁוּב (khishúv).

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ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ḥuššāḇā) m (plural ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (ḥūšāḇē))

1. thought
   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Isaiah 55:8:

     ܡܸܛܠ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܝܼ̈ ܠܵܐ ܝܢܵܐ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܘܠܵܐ ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܬ݂ܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܐܘܼܪ̈ܚܵܬ݂ܝܼ ܒܹܐ݇ܡܵܪܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ.

     miṭṭul ḥūšāḇī lā ìnā ḥūšāḇāwḵōn, w-lā urḥāṯāwḵōn urḥāṯī bēmārā ìlēh māryā.

     For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

   • c. 2014, ܕܝܬܩܐ ܚܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܐ, Aramaic Bible Translation, Inc., Matthew 9:4:

     ܝܕ݂ܝܼܥ ܠܹܗ ܝܼܫܘܿܥ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ ܘܐ݇ܡܝܼܪ ܠܹܗ: «ܠܡܵܐ ܒܸܚܫܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܝܬܘܿܢ ܚܘܼܫܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ ܒܝܼܫܹ̈ܐ ܒܠܸܒܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ؟»

     ḏīˁ lēh īšōˁ ḥūšāḇayhōn w-mīr lēh: “lemā biḥšāḇā ìtōn ḥūšāḇē bīšē blibbāwḵōn?”

     Jesus knew their thoughts, so he asked them, “Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?”

From the root ܚ-ܫ-ܒ (ḥ-š-b) related to thinking. Compare Arabic حِسَاب (ḥisāb) and Hebrew חִשּׁוּב (ḥiššûḇ). The sense of "implication" is a calque of Arabic ضَمِير الشَّأْن وَالْقِصَّة (ḍamīr aš-šaʔn wa-l-qiṣṣa).

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ܚܘܫܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܚܘܫܒܐ)

1. thought, idea, reckoning, opinion, account
2. reasoning, consideration, council
3. intent, intention, purpose
4. design, project
5. computation
6. number, amount
7. (grammar) implication; part understood in an elliptical sentence
8. care

• “ḥwšb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 118b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 135a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 435a