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עַל־מָא‏ conj. why?

why? JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, BabMBK, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA. TgO Deut29:23 : עַל מָא עֲבַד יוי כְדֵין לְאַרעָא הָדָא‏ why did the Lord do like this to this land?. TgEsth¹02:7 : ואמאי הוו קרו לה הדסה‏ so why did they call her Hadassah?.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 137b; Jastrow: 721;

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