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גַּיס‏ n.m. #2 army, troop

army, troop Gal, Syr, BabMBK, JBA, LJLA. TgPs65:11 : אשדך גייסהא‏ quiet its "troops" (translating rigidly the MT homograph גְּדוּד "ridge"). TgIIChron 32:7 : כל ריכפת גייסא דעמיה‏ the entire mass of troops with him.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 127b; DJBA: 279b; Jastrow: 238; Levy Ch-W: 1:137;

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Derivatives:

gys vb. D to ravage, to plunder