The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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שֵׁיר‏ n.m./f. #2 bracelet

bracelet Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA. TN Gen24:22 : תרין שרין על ידה‏ two bracelets for her hand. PJ Num31:50 : הוי שרי קורייה מן רישיהון קדשיא מן אדניהן קטליא מן צווריהן שיריא מן אדרעיהן עזקתא מן עצבעתהן‏ they would remove the head ornaments from their heads, the earrings from their ears, the necklaces from their necks, the bracelets from their arms and the rings from their fingers. pl. : manacles Man, LJLA. TgJob30:11 .

nose ring or other ring-shaped part of an animal head restraint JLAtg, Syr, BabMBK, LJLA. TgJ 2K19:28 : וַאְשַוֵי שֵירִי בְלִסתַך וֻזמָם בְסִפוָתָך‏ I shall put my nose-ring in your jaw and a bridle in your lips. TgJob40:26 : ובסילוא ובשירא תנקוב ליסתיה‏ [MT וּבְחוֹחַ תִּקּוֹב לֶחֱיוֹ].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 548b; DJBA: 1140b; Jastrow: 1568; Levy Ch-W: 2:477; Tal Sam: 891;

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