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לוּקְבַל‏ prep. opposite

opposite, over against Com. before (in space) BA^Dan, Palmyrene, Qumran, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. Dan3:3 : לָקֳבֵל צַלְמָא דִּי הֲקֵים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר‏ facing the statue that PN erected. QumNJ 11::8:1 : תרעיא די לקובל היכלא‏ the gates facing the sanctuary. TgEsth² 1:2(67) : ידיה דאריא דדהבא דימינא ^לקביל גפי דנשרא דדהבא דשמאליה‏ the right arm of the golden lion faced the left wings of the golden eagle. TgTosPr Josh.5:13var. : וחזא והא מלאכא קאים לקבליה‏ . confronting Qumran. 4QEn^c4..2 : לא יכלי֗ן֗ אנ֗ח֗נא ל֗מ֗ק֗[ם] לקו֗ב֗ל֗‏ . directed against Syr, LJLA. TgIIChron 32:20 : וזעיקו לקביל שמיא‏ they complained to heaven. + "face" : moving straight ahead, headlong and constant motion JLAtg, Syr. TgO Gen49:4 : עַל דַאֲזַלת לִקבֵיל אַפָך הָא כְמַיָ‏ because you went headlong like water.

in consideration of, because of OfA^Eg, BA^Ezra, JLAtg. Ezra4:16 : לָקֳבֵל דְּנָה חֲלָק בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָא לָא אִיתַי לָךְ‏ because of this you have no part in Transeuphratia. TgO Gen25:21 : וְצַלִי יִצחָק קדם יוי לִקבֵיל אִיתְתֵיה לָקֳבֵיל‏ Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning his wife.

according to OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, OfA^Per, OfA^Sam, OfA^West, Nabatean, CPA, Syr.

conj.: inasmuch as OfA^Eg, BA^Ezra. Ezra6:13 : לָקֳבֵל דִּי־שְׁלַח דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא‏ inasmuch as king Darius sent as follows.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 280a; DJBA: 978a; Jastrow: 1309; Tal Sam: 749; DJA: 76a; Cook,Qumran: 203;

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