The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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טַבָּחָא‏ n.m. butcher, cook

butcher, cook Com. TgJ 1Sam9:24 : וַאְרֵים טַבָחָא יָת שָקָא‏ . TgJ Zec11:17 : הֻוא דָמֵי לְטַבָחָא דְסַכִינֵיה בִידֵיה‏ he looks like the butcher whose knife is in his hand.

bodyguard ? BA^Dan. Dan2:14 : אַרְיוֹךְ רַב־טַבָּחַיָּא דִּי מַלְכָּא‏ † .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 220a; DJBA: 493a; Jastrow: 516; Levy Ch-W: 1:293; Tal Sam: 302; DNWSI: 419;

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Derivatives:

by ṭbḥyn n.m. slaughterhouse

ṭbḥh, ṭbḥtˀ (ṭabbāḥā, ṭabbāḥtā) n.f. cook (f.)

rb ṭbḥyn n.m. chief executioner (??)