gevar

This is the ordinary Biblical Aramaic word for a man, an adult male person. It appears only in the Aramaic sections of Daniel and Ezra, always of real people in the story: the officials and accusers at the Babylonian and Persian courts, the three Hebrews thrown into the furnace, the Chaldeans who denounce the Jews, and the men rebuilding the temple in Jerusalem. In the plural it simply means "men" or, with the definite article, "the men" or "these men."

In a couple of places the singular introduces an unnamed individual, close to English "a certain man" or "someone": Arioch tells the king he has found "a man" among the exiles of Judah, and the queen assures Belshazzar that there is "a man" in his kingdom with the spirit of the holy gods. The reference is still to a specific adult male; the wording just leaves him unidentified for the moment.

The word belongs to a root that means "to be strong," and its Hebrew relative (גֶּבֶר) can carry a flavor of the strong man or warrior. In Aramaic that force has faded: the word is neutral and everyday, meaning nothing more than "a man." For humanity in general or a human being as such, Aramaic uses a different word (אֱנָשׁ).