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pyl, pylˀ (pīl, pīlā) n.m. elephant
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(zool.) elephant
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
4QEne4.1.21↗ ופיליא ורימי[א‏ ; IMac1:17↗ ܘܥܠ ܐܢܛܝܟܘܣ ܠܡܨܪܝܢ ܒܚܝܠܐ ܥܫܝܢܐ ܘܪܒܐ ܒܡܪ̈ܟܒܬܐ ܘܒܦ̈ܝܠܐ ܘܒܦܪ̈ܫܐ‏ : Antiochus went into Egypt with a mighty and large army, with chariots and elephants, and horse cavalry ; IMac7a1 6:34↗ ܘܠܦܝ̈ܠܐ ܚܘܝܘ ܕܡܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܒܐ ܘܕܬܘ̈ܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܩܝܡܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܩܪܒܐ‏ : they showed the elephants grape and berry juice to get them up for battle ; BT Ber 55b(56)↗ פילא דעייל בקופא דמחטא‏ : an elephant that goes through the eye of a needle ; TgSong6:8↗ ותמנן רוכבין מבני ישמעאל רכיבין על פיליא‏ : eighty Ishmaelite riders mounted on elephants
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w. "tooth" : ivory : see s.v. šn dpyl, šnˀ dpylˀ n.m.
Common Aramaic
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in unknown plant names
Gal
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אביבא דפילא : elephant spring
Gal
PTMas 52.a:30[2]↗ והיא ננעה מלא קיטרין והיא \אביבא דפילא/עניבא דפילא/‏
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עניבא דפילא : elephant knot
Gal
PTŠvu 34.d:37[2]↗ והא עניבה דפילא עגול הוא מלמטה‏ : but the elephant knot is round on the bottom
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See also s.v. šndpyn.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1186[566]DJPA: 431aDJBA: 900bJastrow: 1163Drower/Macuch: 371aJ. Payne-Smith: 443Levy Ch-W: 2:262Qumran: 190

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