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דְּרָע‏ n.m./f. arm

arm and/or forearm Com^-OA. Dan2:32 : חֲדוֹהִי וּדְרָעוֹהִי דִּי כְסַף‏ its chest and its arms of silver. 11QtgJob 34.5=40:9 : הא ד^ר^ע כאלה איתי לך‏ do you have an arm like God?. GenApoc 20.4 : כמא יאא לה חדיה וכמא שפיר לה כול לבנהא דרעיהא מא שפירן‏ how lovely is her breast, how lovely all her whiteness, her arms how lovely!. TgO Gen49:24 : בְכֵין אִתרְמַא דְהַב עַל דְרָעוֹהִי‏ then gold was installed on his arms. דרָע מְרָמַם‏ : high-handedness (both positive and negative) JLAtg, PTA. TgJ Ez24:7 : בְזֵידוּ וֻבִדרָע מְרָמַם שְפַכתֵיה‏ you spilled (the blood) with malice and high-handedness. GT PP Exod14:29 : טולו בדרע מר^ו^ממא ובקדל זקיף‏ get a move on with raised up hand and erect neck.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 353a; Jastrow: 324; Levy Ch-W: 1:189; DNWSI: 342; Cook,Qumran: 59;

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Derivatives:

ˀdrˁ, ˀdrˁˀ (ˀeḏrāˁ, ˀeḏrāˁā) n.m. arm

drˁ vb. a/u to do with the arm