The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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גְּרֶם גַּרְמָא‏ n.m. bone; self

bone Com^-OA. Dan6:25 : וְכָל־גַּרְמֵיהוֹן הַדִּקוּ‏ they crushed all of their bones. 4QEnGiants^c19.3 : ל֗[א] גרמין אנחנא ו֗לא בשר‏ are we not bones and not flesh?.

self Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. TN Ex32:10 : וכען מנע גרמך מן למבעי רחמין עליהון‏ now prevent yourself from praying on their behalf. PJ Lev7:29 : ייתי בגרמיה ית קורבניה לקדם ייי‏ he must himself bring his offering to the Lord.

גרם ידוע‏ : a soothsaying device, osteomancy PTA, LJLA. TNM Lev20:6 : בר נש די יסתכל בתר בידין וגרם ידוע‏ a person who consults with conjurers (of ghosts) and soothsaying. PJ Lev20:6 : ומסקי זכורו ותבעי גרם ידוע‏ raisers of ghosts and seekers of soothsaying.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 136a; DJBA: 302a; Jastrow: 270; Levy Ch-W: 1:154; Tal Sam: 158a; DNWSI: 235; DJA: 39b; Cook,Qumran: 46;

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Derivatives:

grwm, grwmˀ (grūm, grūmā) n.m. bone, kernel

grm vb. D to bone

krn (kran) n.m. the very essence (??), the selfsame

bkrn prep. on the very same

ˁd krn prep. until the very same, up to this

lgrm_ (ləḡarm_) adv. alone, by oneself