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הַימָנוּ‏ n.f. faith, religion

faithfulness, reliability OfA^Eg, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBA. 4Q550 2:2 : ולא יבד שמ֯ה טבא [ו]הימנו֯[תה‏ let his good name and loyalty not be for nought. TgJ Hos2:22 : וַאֲקַיְמִנְכוֹן קֳדָמַי בְהֵימָנוּתָא‏ I shall establish you before me faithfully. bhymnwtˀ : adv. : faithfully, reliably JLAtg, CPA, Syr. TgJ 2Sam20:19 : אְנַחנָא מַשלְמִין בְהֵימָנוּתָא עִם יִשׂרָאֵל‏ we are making peace with Israel in good faith . TgJ 2K12:16 : אְרֵי בְהֵימָנוּתָא אִנוּן עָבְדִין‏ for they were working on trust. truth JLAtg, Syr, Man. TgJ Is11:4 : וִידִין בְקוּשטָא מִסכֵינִין וְיוֹכַח בְהֵימָנוּתָא לְחַשִיכֵי עַמָא‏ . TgJ Is59:4 : לֵית דִמצַלֵי בִקשוֹט וְלֵית דְמִתְדָן בְהֵימָנוּתָא‏ .

faith, religion CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA. PJ Gen15:6 : והוות ליה הימנותא במימרא דייי‏ he believed in the word of the Lord.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 162b; DJBA: 380a; Jastrow: 347; Levy Ch-W: 1:198; Cook,Qumran: 64;

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Derivatives:

bhyymnw adv. faithfully