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טעַן‏ n.m. burden, load

burden, load Jud, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgProv19:19 : וכמה דמעלי על טעניה מוסיף‏ the more extreme he is the more he adds to his burden.

sack JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgO Gen42:27 : וַחזָא יָת כַספֵיה וְהָא הוּא בְפוֹם טוּענֵיה‏ he saw his silver right there at the mouth of his sack. TgEsth² 1:2(277) : כד אינון טעינין טעינן על צואריהון דחלא‏ while they were burdened with sacks of sand on their necks.

legal argument, claim JBA, LJLA. TgProv19:19 : גברא חמתא/חמתנא/ מקבל תוכה וכמה דמעלי על טעניה מוסיף‏ an angry man receives rebuke and adds to it the more he raises (the voice of) his argument.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 497b; Jastrow: 524; Levy Ch-W: 1:314; Tal Sam: 320; DNWSI: 428; DJA: 52b;

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