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אנגרייה‏ n.f. forced public labor

forced public labor Gal, CPA, Syr, LJLA. Tobit(Med) 4.8 chap 1 : סגיאו אנגרייתא ולא יכיל טובי למיזל לארעא דמדי דפסקו עברי אורחא‏ the incidents of forced labor had increased so PN was unable to go to the land of Media, for travelers had been cut off.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 64a;

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