The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אַבּוּב‏ n.m. pipe, reed, flute

pipe, reed, flute JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgJ Is5:12 : עַל יְדֵי כִנָר וֻנבַל קַתרוֹס וַאְבֻובָא וְחַמרָא מִשתֵיהוֹן‏ . TgJ Ez33:32 : וְהָא אַת לְהוֹן כִזמַר אֲבוּבִין דִבסִים קָלֵיה‏ you shall be for them like the song of flutes whose sound is pleasant. TN Gen4:21 : אבובא‏ [=MT: עוּגָב]. TgJob21:12 : ויחדון לקל אבובא‏ they rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 32b; DJBA: 74a; Jastrow: 3; Levy Ch-W: 1:3;

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