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גִּיר‏ n.m. #2 chalk, lime, plaster

chalk, lime, plaster OfA^Gen, BA^Dan, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA. Dan5:5 : לָקְֹבֵל נֶבְרַשְׁתָּא עַל־גִּירָא דִּי־כְתַל הֵיכְלָא דִּי מַלְכָּא‏ opposite the lamp, on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace. TgJ Amos2:1 : דְאוֹקֵיד גַרמֵי מַלכָא דַאֲדוֹם וְסַדִינוּן בְגִירָא בְבֵיתֵיה‏ that he burnt the bones of the king of Edom and plastered them with lime in his palace. TN Deut27:2 : ותשועון יתהון בגירה‏ you shall plaster them with plaster. PJ Deut27:2 : ותשועון יתהון בגיר‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 128b; Jastrow: 241; Levy Ch-W: 1:137;

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