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שַׁן־דְּפִיל‏ n.m. ivory

ivory JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgJ 1K10:22 : חְדָא לִתלָת שְנִין אָתיָא סְפִינָת אְפִרקָא טְעִינָא דְהַב וֻכסַף שַן דְפִיל וְקוֹפִין וֻטוָסִין‏ once every three years the Africa fleet comes carrying gold and silver, ivory, and monkeys, and peacocks. TgJ Amos6:4 : דְשָכְבִין עַל עַרסָן דִמכַבְשִין בְשַן דְפִיל‏ who lie on couches inlaid with ivory. FTP Gen50:1 : ערס דשנדפין‏ a bed of ivory.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 559b; Jastrow: 1603; Levy Ch-W: 2:498;

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