The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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שְׁקֶץ שִׁקְצָא‏ n.m. abomination, unclean animal

abomination JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. TgO Lev11:11 : וְשִקצָא יְהוֹן לְכוֹן מִבִסרְהוֹן לָא תֵיכְלוּן‏ they should be an abomination for you; you may not eat of their flesh. TN Lev11:12 : שקץ‏ . PJ Lev11:11 : ושיקצא יהון לכון ציריהון ורוטביהון‏ their brines and their juices shall be an abomination for you.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 565b; DJBA: 1140a; Jastrow: 1625; Levy Ch-W: 2:514; Tal Sam: 929;

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Derivatives:

šqṣ vb. D to abominate

mšqṣ n.m. despicable thing