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דָּרָה דָּרְתָּא‏ n.f. court, courtyard; dwelling

courtyard Qumran, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. 4QTob b4.3.3=07:1 : ואשכח֗[ו ל]ר֗ע֗ו֗א֗[ל י]תב קדם תרע ^דר^תה‏ they found PN sitting before the gate of his yard [Greek αὐλῆς, but that could well be a misunderstanding of "residence" in the original text]. TgJ Ez40:32 : וְאַעֲלַנִי לְדָרְתָא גָוָיתָא‏ . TN Ex27:9 : ותעבד ית דרת משכנא לסטרא דדרומיא‏ you should make the tent's courtyard on the south side. PJ Ex8:9 : ומיתו עורדעניא מן בתיא ומן דרתא ומן חקליא‏ all the frogs died off from the houses, courts and fields. royal court(yard) Qumran, Syr, LJLA. 4Q550 7:4 : בדרת בית מלכ֗[א‏ . TgEsth³05:1 : ולבשת אסתר לבושי מלכותא וקמת בדרתא דבבית מלכא‏ .

dwelling, residence Nabatean, Qumran, Gal, CPA, Syr, BabMBK, JBA, JBAg, Man. settlement Syr, LJLA. PJ Num34:9 : דרתא רבתא דממצעא בין טירת עינוותא לבין דרמשק דין יהוי לכון תחום ציפונא‏ the large settlement [but MT: חֲצַר] half way between Springs-camp and Damascus: this will become your northern boundary.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 155a; DJBA: 355a; Jastrow: 326; Levy Ch-W: 1:186; Tal Sam: 176; DNWSI: 260; DJA: 42a; Cook,Qumran: 58;

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