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כמן‏ n.m. ambush

ambush JLAtg, CPA, LJLA. TgJ Jos8:2 : אַתקֵין לָך כָמְנָא לְקַרתָא מֵאְחוֹרַהָא‏ set up the ambush behind the city. TgIIChron 13:13 : וירבעם אסחר ית כמנא למיתי מן בתריהון‏ Jeroboam sent the ambush around to come from behind them.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 646; Levy Ch-W: 1:368;

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Derivatives:

kmnh, kmntˀ (kmēnā, kmēntā) n.f. ambush