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שׁוֹעִי שׁוֹעִיתָא‏ n.f. #2 story, fairy tale

tale (often with a negative connotation) JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Jer24:9 : וְאַתֵינִינוּן ٠٠٠ לְחִסוּדִין וְלִמתָל לְשוֹעִי וֻללוּטָא‏ I shall make them a shame and a parable and story and a curse. exposition JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Jud7:15 : שוֹעִית חַלמָא‏ .

joke, mockery JLAtg, Syr, BabMBK, LJLA. TgO Deut28:37 : לִמתַל וֻלשוֹעִי בְכֹל עַמְמַיָא‏ as a parable and laughingstock among all the gentiles. Tobit(Med) 6.3 chap 3 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 1538; Levy Ch-W: 2:503;

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