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עִקָּר עִקָּרָא‏ n.m. #2 root

root Com. 4QEnGiants^b06.8 : ٠٠٠]ש֗ין רברבין נפ֗קו מן עקרה֗[ו]ן֗‏ large sh[oots?] emerged from their root [possibly figurative?]. core of a root system BA^Dan. Dan4:12 : בְּרַם עִקַּר שָׁרְשׁוֹהִי בְּאַרְעָא שְׁבֻקוּ‏ .

drug, medicine Syr, LJLA, JudSyr. PJ Gen49:20 : בושמין ועיקרי סמנין‏ .

base JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgJ Jonah2:7 : לְעִקרֵי טוּרַיָא נְחַתִית‏ I descended to the bases of the mountains. main principle of faith LJLA. TgPs12:5 : מאן דכפרין בעיקרא‏ those who deny the faith.

descendant, offspring (also as collective) OA, Gal, Sam, LJLA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 405a; DJBA: 859a; Jastrow: 1075; Levy Ch-W: 2:239; Tal Sam: 659b; DNWSI: 883;

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Derivatives:

ˁqr vb. a/u(a) to pull out by the roots

ˁqr (ˁqar) adj. sterile, infertile

qwrqs, qwrqsˀ (*qurqes, qurqsā) n.m. #2 lump of wood; threshing sledge

ˁqrh, ˁqrtˀ n.f. barren female

ˁqrh, ˁqrtˀ n.f. #2 infertility