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לְוָת־‏ prep. towards

JLAtg always with long /ā/, but in the tradition of the Genizah PTA texts with short /a/ when standing alone, (i.e. in a closed short syllable in construct state), /ā/ with pronominal suffixes. This latter tradition is followed by some LJLA pointed manuscripts. See the similar pattern with yt prep.

towards (animates) Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. 11QtgJob 38.4=42:11 : ואתין לות איוב כל רחמוהי‏ all Job's friends were coming to him. TgO Gen2:19 : וְאֵיתִי לְוָת אָדָם‏ he brought them to Adam. PJ Ex32:26 : ואתכנשו לוותיה כל בנוי דלוי‏ .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 279a; DJBA: 619b; Jastrow: 701; Levy Ch-W: 1:406; Tal Sam: 431; DNWSI: 569; DJA: 60a; Cook,Qumran: 127;

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Derivatives:

mn lwt, mlwt (men lwāṯ) prep. from the presence of