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מָעָא   n.f.  a small coin


  a small coin  Palmyrene, Nabatean, Jud, JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.  TgO Lev27:25 : וְכֹל פוּרסָנֵיה יְהֵי בְסִלעֵי קוּדשָא עַסרִין מָעִין הָויָא סִלעָא  all its evaluation should be with the sacred sela, the sela being 20 m'-coins.  TN Ex30:13 : עשרין מעין הוא סלעא  twenty ma(in are one sela.  TgEsth109:22 : לשדרא דורון אינש לחבריה ומעין דצדקתא מתנן לחשׂוכי  each person to send a gift to his comrade and charitable coins as gifts to the needy.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 322a; DJBA: 697a; Jastrow: 813; Levy Ch-W: 2:55; DNWSI: 667;

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