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בכורה‏ n.f. birthright, primogeniture

birthright PTA, Sam, LJLA. TN Gen25:33 : וזבין ית בכורתיה ליעקב‏ so he sold his primogeniture to Joseph. TN Gen27:36 : בכורת{ו}<י> נסב‏ . TgSong2:15 : עמלק רשיעא דנטר להון דבבו על עיסק בכורתא‏ wicked Amalek who had stayed their enemy due to the issue of the birthright.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 103a; Tal Sam: 97;

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