The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אֶשְׁכָּר‏ n.m. tribute quota; field

tribute LJLA. TgEsth² 1:2(221) : ואטענת יתהון אשכרי׳ ומרגליין טבין‏ she loaded them up with tributes and precious pearls.

measured field (upon which such a quota of work is performed) JLAtg, Syr, BabMBK. TgJ Is5:10 : בֵית עְשַר אַשכְרָאִין דִכרַם יַעבְדוּן בַתָא חְדָא‏ a vineyard of ten ˀ-size will yield a single bath.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 126a; Jastrow: 128; Levy Ch-W: 1:71; DNWSI: 123;

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